This year was supposed to be a good year for selling bamboo rats to eat. Prices had been rising steadily as had their popularity as a delicacy when grilled. Then the coronavirus hit. "People nowadays ...

(Image from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) LOUDI, China (AFP) — Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in ...

The farmers will be offered the equivalent of $88 per porcupine, $84 per civet cat; $11 per kilogram of bamboo rat, and $17 per kilogram of cobra, king rattle or rat snakes China is taking steps to ...

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The government has moved slowly to permanently stop the sale and consumption of wild animals in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, raising fears the practice may continue. By Steven Lee Myers ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — Perched up against the edge of a cliff in China’s southwest Guizhou province is the bamboo shack 21-year-old “retiree” Liu Youwen built from scratch. Hong Kong (CNN) — Perched up ...

Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out at th... Already a Barron's subscriber? Sign In ...