• Hong Kong: impact of coronavirus on consumption of wildlife products 2020

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According to a survey on wildlife trade in Hong Kong, 75 percent of the respondents never consume wildlife products before, about 22 percent had already reduced or stopped their wildlife product consumption after the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. More than 80 percent of the respondents said that they did not intend to purchase wildlife products in the future.

Influence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on wild animal products consumption in Hong Kong as of March 2020

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Release date

April 2020

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Region

Hong Kong

Survey time period

March 3, 2020 to March 11, 2020

Number of respondents

993 respondents

Method of interview

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Supplementary notes

Original question: How has the coronavirus affected your consumption of wildlife products?

Respondents were randomly selected and were representative of gender and age of the online population of their respective market.

For the purpose of this survey, ‘wild animals’ are defined as non-domesticated, non-livestock terrestrial animals (non-insect and non-aquatic).