I feel like this should be better known, especially by consumers of wildlife products.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01121-7

Almost half of traded wildlife carry disease-causing pathogens

More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

@Ruth_Mottram oh, yeah. I was always pretty suspicious of wild game, but after listening to a science podcast where one of the hosts is a parasitologist… absolutely no way. Nope, no thanks, eww.