Canada Complicit In Wildlife Trade

A recent poll found that 89% of Canadians believe the wildlife trade threatens human health and causes pandemics but how many know that Canada is complicit in this trade? Examples include: importing and breeding wild animals for use as pets; exporting wildlife for trophy hunting e.g., bear; and breeding wildlife for fur e.g., mink – which can carry and transmit Covid-19. World Animal Protection defines animals in the wildlife trade as those who have been bred in captivity or who have been captured from the wild.