Center and Animal Wellness Groups Applaud Quigley and Upton Legislation to Shutter Commercial Wildlife Markets That Led to COVID-19
January 05, 2021
January 05, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 -- The Center for a Humane Economy issued the following news release on Jan. 4:
U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, and Fred Upton, R-Michigan, re-introduced the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of State to work with international partners to shutter commercial wildlife markets, end the trade of live wildlife, end the import, export, and sale of live wildlife for human consumption in the United States, and phase out demand f . . .
U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, and Fred Upton, R-Michigan, re-introduced the Preventing Future Pandemics Act, which would direct the U.S. Department of State to work with international partners to shutter commercial wildlife markets, end the trade of live wildlife, end the import, export, and sale of live wildlife for human consumption in the United States, and phase out demand f . . .