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Jakarta / Thu, January 30, 2020 / 11:34 am Sellers display animals for sale on a sidewalk of Jl. Matraman Raya in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, on June 20, 2019. (Kompas.com/Ardito Ramadhan)
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Responding to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, animal rights organizations have called on the Indonesian government to close all markets that slaughter or sell illegal wildlife. The virus, 2019-nCoV, is believed to have first emerged among wild animals in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
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In an open letter sent to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Dog Meat Free Indonesia, a coalition of several animal rights organizations in the country, says that zoonotic coronaviruses can originate from wild animal markets.
“We urge the Indonesian government to take strong and immediate action to mitigate the risk…
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