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If you think eating pig is strange, you've never been to Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, or Gabon, where people market and buy bushmeat for human consumption and other purposes.
Fresh bushmeat arrives practically every morning in open illegal markets from various merchants who bring all kinds of wild animals. Overhunting has pushed these species to the brink of extinction in some areas.
Despite the fact that precautions have been put in place to stop poachers, many people in the afflicted countries have turned to this as a source of income. Many of them rely on these creatures to make a living.
These markets are full of animals that most of us would never consider eating, from reptiles like snakes and monitor lizards to primates like monkeys and baboons.
1. Pangolin
Because of the range of demands, it is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal in the wildlife trade. This food is very expensive in China, but it's used for spiritual and traditional medicine in Africa, where it is sold.
2. Baboons
Baboons, like monkeys, are hunted for their flesh and hide.
3. Snakes
Pythons and other venomous snakes are hunted for their flesh and skin, and some people consume their blood for therapeutic purposes.
4. Carnivorous animals
Because of their meat and skin, hyenas, racoons, crocodiles, and wild canines, to name a few, are hard to avoid in some of these markets.
5. Bats
People in rural areas of Ghana, Nigeria, and Congo hunt it for meat, and it's thought to be the source of the ebola outbreak.
6. Rodents
Rats, mice, squirrels, and beavers are among the animals killed and sold for their meat, which is thought to have more protein than conventional beef or mutton.
The list goes on and on, and none of these creatures are hunted or sold without first being examined by a veterinarian. This has resulted in the rise of diseases such as ebola and SARS, which people get by eating them.
If you think eating pig is strange, you've never been to Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, or Gabon, where people market and buy bushmeat for human consumption and other purposes.
Fresh bushmeat arrives practically every morning in open illegal markets from various merchants who bring all kinds of wild animals. Overhunting has pushed these species to the brink of extinction in some areas.
Despite the fact that precautions have been put in place to stop poachers, many people in the afflicted countries have turned to this as a source of income. Many of them rely on these creatures to make a living.
These markets are full of animals that most of us would never consider eating, from reptiles like snakes and monitor lizards to primates like monkeys and baboons.
1. Pangolin
Because of the range of demands, it is said to be the world's most trafficked mammal in the wildlife trade. This food is very expensive in China, but it's used for spiritual and traditional medicine in Africa, where it is sold.
2. Baboons
Baboons, like monkeys, are hunted for their flesh and hide.
3. Snakes
Pythons and other venomous snakes are hunted for their flesh and skin, and some people consume their blood for therapeutic purposes.
4. Carnivorous animals
Because of their meat and skin, hyenas, racoons, crocodiles, and wild canines, to name a few, are hard to avoid in some of these markets.
5. Bats
People in rural areas of Ghana, Nigeria, and Congo hunt it for meat, and it's thought to be the source of the ebola outbreak.
6. Rodents
Rats, mice, squirrels, and beavers are among the animals killed and sold for their meat, which is thought to have more protein than conventional beef or mutton.
The list goes on and on, and none of these creatures are hunted or sold without first being examined by a veterinarian. This has resulted in the rise of diseases such as ebola and SARS, which people get by eating them.
