It's a wild life out there
Government officials fleshed out some of the details on how the virus might be connected to wildlife. Based on epidemiological investigations, the wild animals in question might be bamboo rats and badgers, Zhong Nanshan, leader of a high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, told China Central Television.
Almost instantaneously a spotlight was shone into the darkest corners of the country's illegal wildlife trade, something against which many have waged a tireless battle over recent years. Those engaged in the fight include Xi Zhinong and Shi Lihong, a couple who founded Wild China Film, an organization dedicated to documenting and protecting China's endangered wildlife and campaigning against poaching and illegal sales of wild animals.
