Yes. And, it's really not that shocking if one understands Chinese society and traditions.
Bending, or breaking, the rules in order to make additional profit is common place.
To be fair, breaking rules or laws to make more money happens all over the globe and since the dawn of transactions.
However, the Chinese are known for cutting corners (for instance) just to make a buck. It's "business" and why it's common knowledge that stuff made in China is most often inferior quality. It's not because they couldn't manufacture things better...so many choose not to in order to make more profit.
The price for monkey meat, for example, back in 2013 was $88 US per kilogram (or about $40/pound) and monkey brain was $300 per kilo (or about $137/pound) [1].
So a lab tech selling their tested on animals to the local wet market for some additional cash wouldn't be out of the ordinary.
Thank you for your feedback. Ugh. There’s so much I’d like to say about this. Thank goodness I’m on my phone and not on a laptop or I would (I have a lot to say). So, disgusted.
Perhaps this is the reason behind this city in China (and maybe more to follow) working to prohibit eating dog meat.
(I’m not a fan of The Guardian, but wanted to post a reference)
“ The ban is a swift response to the Covid-19 outbreak, thought to have originated in wildlife sold at a market in Wuhan, Hubei province in early December. However, the Shenzhen government’s potential ban on dog and cat meat is framed not as part of an effort to reduce disease transmission, but as an aspect of the special relationship between people and pets, which it has called the “consensus of all human civilisation”.
So, this law is not about the wildlife sold at the market or they would prohibit more than dogs. The Province can appear as being ‘progressive’ and less (my word) gross by banning dog meat, but really they are covering their a$$ after selling sick animals caused a world wide pandemic .... Slick (sarcasm on)