All cutures are EEEEQQQQUUUUAAAAAALLLLL!!!!
What is a wet market, when you can see lobsters and crabs in a tank for purchase in America? How is that so different than bat soup?
< / ChiCom moral equivalence >
As stated above animals are slaughtered on site. The reason for this is lack of refrigeration. No way to transport slaughtered animals so brought to market alive and butchered on site.