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COVID-19: Who is Responsible for the Pandemic?

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  We have attained 26,634,091 cases of Noble Corona Virus and by you will read this article it will be heightened; 875,986 deaths have been logged worldwide till now. Months of lockdown, a crash of the economy, and health infrastructure who is responsible for the detriment? The above-mentioned death tolls are just numbers, ground reports are even worst and these data do not involve fatalities caused due to lack of treatment for other patients suffering from numerous noxious diseases. Source: Independent COVID-19 first case was appeared from the Central Hubie province and specifically the WUHAN WET MARKET of China in December 2019. The WET markets sell fresh food, seafood, wild animals, etc. The WET markets are those markets specifically that sell wild animals and live wild animals, or the slaughtering of animals is done in a loose area. In various countries, these WET markets are banned and selling of Wild animal species is illegal still in various countries like India, China, Parts of

Exploitation of Endangered Species of China

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  China is blessed with species richness, one in the 12 mega biodiversity countries. The total number of 35,000 species of higher plants, 10,000 species of crops, 6,347 species of vertebrates. The grasslands of China is a home for about 2000 species of wild animals and we can find economically and medicinally valuable plant species in that area in a large number, mainly ephedra sinica stapf, snow lotuse, liquorice, aweto, etc. 20,278 marine species were recorded in China so far, which is approximately 10% of world's total marine species. Beside the species richness in the country the level of species endemism is quite high. According to the reports, 35,000 higher plant species out of which 17,300 are endemic. Vertebrates 6,445 species and 667 species being endemic (China’s Fourth National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Ministry of Environmental Protection November 2008). The National Government of China has listed endangered wildlife species in