Off the menu: About 2,800 bamboo rat (pic) and badger breeders have been sealed off indefinitely. — Xinhua
BEIJING: Bamboo rat breeder Zheng Yanqing said his heart aches every time he inspects his farm, where more than 3,000 bamboo rats clamour for food.
The travel restrictions triggered by the Covid-19 outbreak have already severed food supplies, and a new ban on the wildlife trade has disrupted the business boom straddling the Chinese New Year.
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