Meat Greed (3) Bushmeat

by Emmy Gostelie · Utrecht, NL

Bushmeat (wild meat) is meat that comes from the hunting of wild animals in the tropics. The demand for bushmeat is high and growing, particularly due to commercial trade (also outside Africa and Asia). If nothing is done about this uncontrolled trade, many species will become extinct in the near future. This particularly concerns large primates, but also includes elephants, hoofed animals, hippos, snakes, birds, and predators. About 100 million kilos of bushmeat are consumed per year.