Illegal wildlife market raided and shut down by Thai authorities

It was only seven weeks ago when 60 MINUTES reporter Liam Bartlett went undercover at an Asian wildlife market one of the very kind where it s believed today s deadly virus originated His report from Bangkok was not only watched by millions of people around the world it forced an extraordinary response Thai authorities raided the market shut it down and took the animals they found to safety This week the Australian agriculture minister David Littleproud demanded further international action calling these types of markets a risk to human health and food production

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