China has offered cash to farmers to give up wildlife trade over coronavirus outbreak.

Several Chinese provinces are offering compensation for wildlife farmers to quit wild animal trade over COVID-19 fears.

Several Chinese provinces are offering compensation for wildlife farmers to quit wild animal trade over COVID-19 fears.In response to the belief that COVID-19 has originated from a wet market selling wildlife in Wuhan, the Chinese government is offering cash to quit breeding exotic animals on wildlife farms, and to help farmers change their agricultural practices, to reduce the consumption of wild animals. Steve Blake, China’s chief representative at WildAid said that the buyout agreement was initially presented to farmers in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, where the majority of wildlife farming takes place, farmers in other provinces, including Guangdong, Yunnan and Guangxi are being offered similar deals. Hunan was the first province to introduce this policy.