bushmeat

Noun

Meaning

bushmeat (usually uncountable, plural bushmeats)

Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.

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Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters. Source: Internet

And while there was no effect of literacy or education on bushmeat consumption during the EVD crisis, household heads were less likely to eat bushmeat if they knew that Ebola could be contracted from the meat. Source: Internet

Jansen also said bushmeat poaching was soaring, especially in parts of southern Africa. Source: Internet

Of households where bushmeat was served, 80% of residents said they cooked it "once in a while," while 13% cooked it once a week and 7% cooked bushmeat daily. Source: Internet

But handling and eating bushmeat carries the risk of contracting diseases, such as Ebola virus disease (EVD). Source: Internet

EVEN the Minahasan people, who pride themselves on eating bushmeat, call the collection of stalls at Tomohon, in the highlands of North Sulawesi, the “extreme market”. Source: Internet

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