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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.

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. Download the review from these links on the W.S.P.A. International Website:

Titus and family, mountain gorillas in Virunga Volcanoes, DRC. PhotoIanRedmond.co.uk

The appendices for the review can be downloaded here:

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.

Read the report on The African Bushmeat Trade. PDF file 549Kb.

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To find out how you can help, visit the Ape Alliance How to Help Page.

Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Bushmeat Working Group related articles.


International Fund for Animal Welfare
Bushmeat Working Group Secretariat
87-90 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7UD
Phone: +44 (0)20 7587 6700
Fax: +44 (0)20 7587 6720
Web (en): www.ifaw.org
Email: info@ifaw.org

Born Free Foundation
Will Travers CEO
3 Grove House
Foundry Lane
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5PL
Phone: +44 (0)1403 240 170
Fax: +44 (0)1403 327 838
Web (en): www.bornfree.org.uk
Email: wildlife@bornfree.org.uk

Bushmeat Crisis Task Force
Heather Eves
c/o The Wildlife Conservation Society
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, New York 10460
718-220-5100


Web (en): www.bushmeat.org
Email: info@bushmeat.org

Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund
CWAF , YAOUNDE CAMEROON
B.P 20072 Yaounde
Phone: (+237) 220 75 79
Web (en): www.cwaf.org

International Primate Protection League (U.K.)
Gilmore House
166 Gilmore Road
London SE13 5AE
Phone: +44 (0)20 8297 2129
Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 2099
Web (en): www.ippl-uk.org
Email: enquiries@ippl-uk.org

Tropical Forest Forum
Jane Thornback
c/o The Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 2AB
Web (en): www.nri.org/TFF

World Society for the Protection of Animals
89 Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7TP
United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)20 7587 5000
Fax: +44 (0)20 7793 0208
Web (en): www.wspa.org.uk
Email: wspa@wspa.org.uk
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