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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWet markets in San Francisco?
https://www.tmz.com/2020/04/28/san-francisco-oakland-wet-markets-chicken-fowl-rabbits-caged-live-animals-coronavirus-china/It's disgusting, inhumane, unsafe and a breeding ground for disease ... yes, another wet market, but this one's not in NYC ... it's in the San Francisco Bay area.
The footage was shot at two different wet/live animal markets -- one in San Fran and another across the Bay in Oakland. Both markets are currently open and fully operational, killing and selling the chickens, rabbits and meat in the same location -- with what seems to be hardly any regulation.
In the clip, you see children walking around and getting very close to the chickens and rabbits CRAMMED in cages. Workers pull the fowl out of the cages for slaughter, and some aren't even wearing gloves. Later in the video, you see severed chicken legs and beaks strewn about the floor ... frankly, it's disgusting and unsanitary.
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Wet markets in San Francisco? (Original Post)
mfcorey1
Apr 2020
OP
It seems that this is more about violating modern sensibilities than actual danger.
Renew Deal
Apr 2020
#1
"Wet markets" are farmers markets. "Dry markets" sell clothing and other dry goods.
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2020
#2
There was no racist intent in my post. This is how foolishness gets started. My
mfcorey1
Apr 2020
#5
There are a lot of racist overtones in some coverage about markets in other countries
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 2020
#6
Renew Deal
(81,801 posts)1. It seems that this is more about violating modern sensibilities than actual danger.
malaise
(267,800 posts)3. Agree I remember watching my
father's oldest sister rearing and killing her own chickens
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)2. "Wet markets" are farmers markets. "Dry markets" sell clothing and other dry goods.
Freaking out about how some animals are killed and eaten but not others is often rooted in racism or xenophobia.
mfcorey1
(10,997 posts)5. There was no racist intent in my post. This is how foolishness gets started. My
knowledge of what a wet market is might be at fault but not the nasty reply from you!!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)6. There are a lot of racist overtones in some coverage about markets in other countries
or other cultures -- particularly from sensational sites like TMZ. That's all.
Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #2)
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Peregrine Took
(7,408 posts)4. There isn't an animal welfare law to protect them? n/t