'Wet markets' launched the coronavirus. Here's what you need to know. - National Geographic

'Wet markets' launched the coronavirus. Here's what you need to know. - National Geographic

'Wet markets' launched the coronavirus. Here's what you need to know. - National Geographic

Posted: 15 Apr 2020 03:18 AM PDT

Until earlier this year, most people had never heard of the term "wet market," but the coronavirus pandemic has thrust it into the limelight. A wet market in Wuhan, China, called the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, is believed to be the source of COVID-19.Somewhat akin to farmer's markets and found around the world, wet markets are typically large collections of open-air stalls selling fresh seafood, meat, fruits, and vegetables. Some wet markets sell and slaughter live animals on site, including chickens, fish, and shellfish. In China, they're a staple of daily life for many.More rarely, wet markets also sell wild animals and their meat. The Huanan market, for example, had a wild animal section where live and slaughtered species were for sale: snakes, beavers, porcupines, and baby crocodiles, among other animals.Why "wet" markets? One explanation has to do with the liquid in these places: live fish splashing in tubs of water, melting ice keeping meat cold, the blood and innards of slaughtered animals. Another is simply that they deal in perishable goods (thus wet) instead of dry, durable goods.What's the difference between a wet market and a wildlife market?Although most wet markets don't sell live wild animals, the terms "wet market" and "wildlife market" are often conflated, according to Aron White, a China specialist at the Environmental Investigation Agency, a London-based nonprofit.

'Tiger King' star Joe Exotic files $94M lawsuit, wants presidential pardon - New York Post

Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:32 PM PDT

The "Tiger King" wants to be freed from his cage.

Joe "Exotic" Maldonado-Passage — the star of a hit new Netflix series — has filed a jailhouse lawsuit against the feds and is asking President Trump to pardon his conviction for orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot on a rival and violating the Endangered Species Act.

The former roadside zookeeper and "big cat" enthusiast — who is serving a 22-year prison sentence — is demanding a combined $94 million from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, his former business partner Jeff Lowe and several former colleagues said.

The polygamist issued a call for a pardon from Trump and announced his lawsuit on March 19 on his Facebook page.

"This lawsuit has been filed in the name of Justice, The Trump Administration must be made aware of the Overreach, perjury, abuse of power and the failure to uphold the Oath of their position which is truth and Justice for all," the gun-toting Oklahoma native wrote in the post.

A jury convicted Maldonado-Passage last year on 21 counts, which included euthanizing five tigers and hiring someone to kill his arch-nemesis — Big Cat Rescue founder and CEO Carole Baskin.

Maldonado-Passage is representing himself in his lawsuit — in which he refers to himself in the third person — and filed it in a federal court in Oklahoma.

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