Woman Faces Five (5) Years Imprisonment For Eating Bat And Bat Soup

 

Bats are considered animals that are susceptible to transfer diseases into human as they have a lot of pathogens even though one boil them on hot temperature to consume as in touching only the saliva, blood and skin is much considered a great risk of health concerned as the experts says. Actually, SARS-CoV-2 or what is known COVID-19 came from bats as the reports said. Bats are considered also protected wildlife.

A woman from Thailand was caught spreading a viral video eating a bat in a bat soup without knowing it is prohibited to eat one in her country due to coronavirus and health concerns in her Facebook page. She now faces five (5) years imprisonment and or will pay up to 500,000 baht for eating bat and violating a law on preservation of wildlife in Thailand as well as computer crime act. She is Phonchanok Srisunaklua a Khru or a teacher.

According to her she is her first time consuming or eating a bat and she found it delicious, but she is not trying to spread coronavirus because in her area residents there also eat bats. After the video she said days later she is still alive, and she denied the charges and apologizes to doctors, journalists, colleagues, family, friends, and society for not thinking and promise she will never eat bats again.

Vetenerarian Pattaraphon Manee-on said: ““I was shocked to see it in the clip now. Because the incident should not happen both in Thailand and around the world, it is very risky behavior, especially as bats have a lot of pathogens. There is no proof that the hot water temperature will actually kill the germs. Just touching the saliva, blood, and the skin is considered a risk,….. “Besides the concern about the disease in bats, this woman could be guilty of breaking the Preservation and Protection and Wildlife Act, B.E. 2019, because bats are protected animals,””

 

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