THE survival of Africa’s great apes is being threatened by a growing
worldwide demand for bushmeat, researchers at the CITES meeting are claiming.
Animals ranging from rodents to elephants and apes are being hunted for their
flesh, which is then sold around the world. The British delegation called for
tougher action to protect primates, in particular, from being hunted for their
meat. But the meeting decided simply to set up a working group to look for
solutions to the bushmeat crisis.
The conference corridors echoed with reports of primate carcasses being
transported by the boatload, and cross-border bicycle convoys carrying…
