This Morning viewers were left horrified earlier today after being confronted with the imagery of animals suffering in wet markets.
Upset fans called for a warning to be displayed prior to airing the scenes next time.
Animal rights campaigners are calling for a stop to wet markets, which involves selling live animals and butchering them in front of customers.
PETA have warned that they are a "breeding ground for diseases" after reports that COVID-19 likely came from bats, which passed it onto another animal sold at a wet market.
This would have been the same way that the 2002 Sars outbreak infected humans after it moved from horseshoe bats to cat-like civets.
A spokesperson from PETA spoke to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield and explained that wet markets are a "global problem".
And viewers were sickened over the images of animals in squalid cages and took to Twitter to comment.
One wrote: "Really hard to watch, so sad to see these animals in these cages :( #ThisMorning @thismorning."
While another commented: "Woah give us a warning before u put these animal images on please #ThisMorning @Schofe."
A third tweeted: "Please stop! #thismorning."
"@thismorning TRIGGER WARNING PLEASE #ThisMorning," another commented.
Another wrote: "I know, it’s horrible! Made me cry!"
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
