How can you eat bats, dogs: Shoaib Akhtar lashes out at China

With COVID-19 outbreak killing over 5,400 people globally, former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at those responsible for making the coronavirus infect humans and blamed China solely for the outbreak.

“Idon’t understand why you have to eat things like bats, drink their blood andurine and spread some virus across the globe…I’m talking about the Chinesepeople. They have put the world at stake. I really don’t understand how you caneat bats, dogs, and cats. I’m really angry,” Akhtar said in a video postedon his Youtube channel.

   

“Thewhole world is at risk now. The tourism industry has been hit, the economy is badlyaffected and the whole world is going towards a lockdown.

“I’mnot against the people of China but I’m against the law of animals. Iunderstand this may be your culture but this is not benefitting you now, it iskilling humanity. I’m not saying you boycott the Chinese but there has to besome law. You cannot go on and eat anything and everything,” he added.

Coronavirus, whichoriginated in China’s Wuhan city, has so far spread to more than 100 countries,infecting over 1,30,000 people.

In Pakistan the number ofpositive cases reached 28 on Saturday.

“The biggest reasonfor anger is PSL…Cricket returned to Pakistan after so many years, the PSLwas happening in our country for the first time now even that is at risk. Theforeign players are leaving, it will take place behind closed doors,” saidAkhtar.

In PSL, there will be noplay-offs and the top four teams will now play semi-finals and then the finalon March 17 and 18. The final was originally scheduled to be held on March 22.

“I’ve also heard thatIPL has been postponed till April 15. The hotel industries, travel industries,broadcasters everything will incur losses because of this,” he said.

The former Pakistan pacer also called on the world authorities to come out with a new animal protection law so that such diseases don’t resurface in the future.

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