Whereas zoonotic diseases, diseases spread from animals to humans, present a well-known threat for emerging infectious diseases; Whereas zoonotic spillovers at the wildlife-human interface are not infrequent events, including diseases in the United States such as rabies, West Nile virus, plague, salmonellosis, hantavirus, or Lyme disease; Whereas the wildlife trade poses a significant risk of disease transmission to people, livestock, and wildlife in countries of transit and import, independent of their origin in the wild or in breeding facilities; Whereas zoonotic disease and subsequent pandemic threats from commercial trade for human consumption is generally independent of whether an animal is designated as threatened under domestic or international law, whether an animal was removed from the wild or born in captivity, or whether the trade is legal or illegal; Whereas severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) transferred from a bat to a masked palm civet and then to humans in the context of a live wildlife market in China, causing an outbreak in humans in 2002; Whereas Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1), and Ebola all transferred from animals to humans, highlighting the threat posed to human health by zoonotic diseases and wildlife consumption; Whereas live wildlife markets, a type of wet market, sell both live and dead wild animals for human consumption, sometimes including animals such as rats, bats, turtles, snakes, foxes, civets, pangolins, and monkeys as well as cats and dogs; Whereas at live wildlife markets, animals often are kept in cramped cages and other inhumane conditions, as well as in close proximity to animals with which they would not come into contact in the wild; Whereas many live wildlife markets sell, kill, and store animals often in unhygienic conditions, in which tables, stalls, and floors are often contaminated with feces, bodily fluids, and blood which are known to be vectors for disease transmission