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Coronavirus: 'Wake-up call' for how we treat wild animals

Experts say the coronavirus pandemic is a "wake-up" call to how wild animals are treated across the world.

That's because the coronavirus, known as Covid-19, is thought to have started off in wild animals - animals that live in the wild and fend for themselves - and it's believed the unnatural ways people treat them have led to the disease passing on to humans.

Sonul Badiani-Hamment from charity World Animal Protection explains more.

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