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The Player will show in this paragraph There are strong cultural reasons why some people choose to eat apes or other endangered species, but whether it is a tradition or a modern whim, buying and selling apes and ape meat is illegal. Moreover, anyone who eats ape meat today must recognize that he or she will stop eating apes in a decade or three. They can choose whether to stop eating now, and leave the ape populations to recover and play their role in the ecology of the forests we all need, or they can stop when Africa’s apes become extinct. Fashions often change because of celebrity role models, and in Central Africa football stars are among the biggest celebrities. Thus, it is exciting that Cameroonian star Geremi kindly agreed to record this message to encourage his fans to avoid endangered species Bushmeat. As the WildAid/ACAP slogan says, "WHEN THE BUYING STOPS, THE KILLING STOPS TOO" VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: "I am proud to play for Cameroon, a country full of amazing/extraordinary wildlife. Chimpanzees, gorillas and elephants make of Cameroon and its neighbouring countries a place unique on earth. Sadly, these animals will disappear. The worldwide consumption of bush meat means that our natural fauna could disappear forever. Together, we must stop buying this meat, because by doing so, we prevent the slaughter of these animals (or when the buying stops, the killing stops too)." |
This section is concerned with the hunting and killing of apes for food - "bushmeat". The bushmeat killing of great apes is the greatest threat to the survival of the species in most of their African range states. It also threatens orangutans, who are already under great pressure from loss of habitat and poaching for the pet trade. It causes immense suffering in those great apes who are shot or snared, and in the infants who are orphaned when their mothers are killed.
Illegal Commercial Bushmeat Trade from the Jane Goodall Institute on Vimeo.
The Jane Goodall Institute UK is fighting the devastating illegal bushmeat trade as part of a new campaign: 'Count Me In for Conservation'. Find out more: click here. You can find the video (shown above) here: http://vimeo.com/4984959
The Ape Alliance 'Recipes for Survival: controlling the Bushmeat trade' report, funded by WSPA is now available for NGO's and governments.
This review co authored by Ian Redmond, Tim Aldred, Katrin Jedamzik and Madeline Westwood set out to examine the current state of knowledge of the Bushmeat trade and how conservation community has reacted to the Bushmeat crisis.
The appendices for the review can be downloaded here:
The Ape Alliance 2001 Bushmeat Report 'The Next Meal'
The Ape Alliance 1998 Report on 'The African Bushmeat Trade'.
Visit the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force web site at: www.bushmeat.org
Another source of information on the bushmeat tragedy and crisis is The Bushmeat Project.
Click here to view Bushmeat related videos.
Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Bushmeat Working Group related articles.
16/02/2012
An anti-poaching patrol in Rwanda has discovered the carcass of a young mountain gorilla caught in a poacher’s snare, according to International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP). The animal... Read more
09/02/2012
Steve Boyes | National Geographic | February 2012 For full article click here Some call it the "African silence" when a forest is struck silent by poaching and the bushmeat trade. Others call this p... Read more
30/01/2012
L.L. Adefalu et al. | Ethiopian journal of Environmental Studies and Management | January 2012 Abstract The study examines the perception of rural women on bushmeat trade around Kainji Lake National... Read more
16/01/2012
Danay Cynthia Downing| CJA Anthrojournal | January 2012 Our closest cousins in the animal kingdom are helping us better understand our possible evolutionary past, but not for long if action isn't tak... Read more
12/01/2012
Peter Aldous | New Scientist | January 2012 For full article click here The illegal bushmeat trade not only threatens the survival of endangered species in Africa, but could also lead to o... Read more
11/01/2012
For the full article, click here. Thousands of pounds of primate parts, rodents and other dry, smoked or raw animals -- so-called "bushmeat" -- are smuggled into the United States as food every yea... Read more
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The following organisations are involved in the Bushmeat Working Group.
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