The city is also known for its infamous wet market, called the Tomohon Extreme Market, where mammals such as monkeys, dogs, cats and bats are beaten and torched alive for food ""It was the most horrific cruelty I have witnessed so far 10 years … and it was all done in full view of very young children,"" said Lola Webber, director of Change for Animals Foundation. This market has been described as a "cafeteria for animal pathogens" and a "time bomb", because of the risk of Zoonosis, similar to the way that the Coronavirus disease 2019 arose at the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan.