https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/health/WHO-covid-daszak-c...
Historically, SARS-CoV-1 is suspected of being transmitted from bats to civets: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291347/
In Feb 2020, China shut down its wildlife farming industry and sent out directions on how to kill and dispose of the animals: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00677-0
http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c30834/202002/c56b129850aa42acb584...
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/...
Wildlife farming was a $70B industry that employed around 2% of China's workforce. There was a short-lived ban in 2003 in response to SARS-CoV-1, which was later rescinded.