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Motives, other meat sources and socioeconomic status predict number of consumers with preference for two antelope species served in Enugu-Nigeria

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Conservationists are raising concerns about escalating rates of illegal hunting and trading of wildlife resource for food (meat). Hunting of wild animals is associated with complex motivations and drivers that include the high demand for high-value ...
Felix Atawal Andong, Nelson Ike Ossai, Daniel Echude, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Ebere Emelda Igwe   +4 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on the temporal dynamics of the bushmeat trade in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa

Heliyon
The bushmeat trade in West Africa is a major societal issue with contrasting implications on biodiversity, health, and economy. We assessed trade dynamics in Côte d’Ivoire as a response to governmental measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Koffi Jules Gossé, Sean Paul Heighton, Philippe Gaubert, Sery Gonedelé-Bi   +3 more
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Cultural attitudes are stronger predictors of bushmeat consumption and preference than economic factors among urban Amazonians from Brazil and Colombia

Ecology and Society, 2015
Bushmeat consumption persists in urban areas in the Neotropics, yet knowledge of its scale and the relative importance of cultural and economic factors in determining consumption and preference remain elusive.
Carla Morsello, Blanca Yagüe, Letícia Beltreschi, Nathalie van Vliet, Cristina Adams, Tatiana Schor, Maria Paula Quiceno-Mesa, Daniel Cruz   +7 more
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Husbandry and Herding: A Community-Based Approach to Addressing Illegal Wildlife Trade in Northern Botswana

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2021
Illegal bushmeat hunting is a major driver of wildlife population declines in Northern Botswana. Such declines raise concerns about the principles and integrity of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA) and regional economic stability
Ben Heermans, Jacques van Rooyen, Jacques van Rooyen, Richard Fynn, Duan Biggs, Duan Biggs, Duan Biggs, Matthew Lewis, John McNutt   +8 more
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Wildlife, Exotic Pets, and Emerging Zoonoses

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Most emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic; wildlife constitutes a large and often unknown reservoir. Wildlife can also be a source for reemergence of previously controlled zoonoses.
Bruno B. Chomel, Albino Belotto, François-Xavier Meslin   +2 more
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From Subsistence to Commercial Hunting: Technical Shift in Cynegetic Practices Among Southern Cameroon Forest Dwellers During the 20th Century

Ecology and Society, 2016
Tropical rainforest dwellers, who are currently engaged in bushmeat trade, used to track game for their own subsistence. We investigate the technical evolution over the past century of bushmeat procurement by the Fang, a group of southern Cameroon forest
Edmond Dounias
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Resource wars and conflict ivory: the impact of civil conflict on elephants in the Democratic Republic of Congo--the case of the Okapi Reserve. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Human conflict generally has substantial negative impacts on wildlife and conservation. The recent civil war (1995-2006) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in a significant loss of wildlife, including elephants, due to institutional ...
Rene L Beyers, John A Hart, Anthony R E Sinclair, Falk Grossmann, Brian Klinkenberg, Simeon Dino   +5 more
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Bushmeat hunting practices by rural communities in the forests of Eastern South Africa: Motivations, techniques, and perceptions

Global Ecology and Conservation
Bushmeat hunting for consumption and trade represents a significant extinction threat to many wild terrestrial mammal species globally. In Africa, research on bushmeat consumption is largely associated with people living in the tropical forests of ...
Vusumzi Martins, Charlie Shackleton, Alta de Vos   +2 more
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Zoonotic viruses associated with illegally imported wildlife products. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The global trade in wildlife has historically contributed to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. The United States is the world's largest importer of wildlife and wildlife products, yet minimal pathogen surveillance has precluded assessment ...
Kristine M Smith, Simon J Anthony, William M Switzer, Jonathan H Epstein, Tracie Seimon, Hongwei Jia, Maria D Sanchez, Thanh Thao Huynh, G Gale Galland, Sheryl E Shapiro, Jonathan M Sleeman, Denise McAloose, Margot Stuchin, George Amato, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, W Ian Lipkin, William B Karesh, Peter Daszak, Nina Marano   +18 more
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Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus) Hunting in Rural Areas of Madagascar and Its Health and Socioeconomic Implications

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Bushmeat consumption and trade plays a relevant role in many tropical countries as a source of protein and income for rural populations. In Madagascar, rural populations depend heavily on natural resources and wildlife as source of income and protein ...
Rianja Rakotoarivony, Rianja Rakotoarivony, Rianja Rakotoarivony, Sophie Molia, Sophie Molia, Sophie Molia, Eric Rakotomalala, Eric Rakotomalala, Ranto Ramy-Ratiarison, Ranto Ramy-Ratiarison, Ferran Jori, Ferran Jori, Miguel Pedrono, Miguel Pedrono, Miguel Pedrono   +14 more
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