‘Ban all wildlife markets’

Worrying trend: A file picture showing Sabah Wildlife Department rangers seizing wildlife meat being sold openly at a market.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian animal advocates are joining a coalition of wildlife organisations in an open letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to call for a permanent ban on wildlife markets.

The letter, undersigned by over 250 groups so far, was addressed to WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO traditional and complementary medicine department director Dr Zhang Qi.