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A screenshot from part one of the Bushmeat series, featuring footage from an interview with Dr. Eves.BCTF Director Dr. Heather E. Eves was one of several experts consulted for two stories on bushmeat, now available on Current TV. In the first story, journalist Mara Schiavocampo travels to the ...
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(Ape Alliance & WSPA Report)The Ape Alliance, funded by WSPA, has recently completed a review of bushmeat related activities worldwide. The final report (5MB) is now on-line. This pdf file does not include the detailed appendices, but these are available on the Ape Alliance site, www.4apes.com/bushmeat. BCTF is acknowledged in the paper for its assistance in ...
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On January 31, 2003, students from the University of Maryland Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology (CONS) program presented the results of research they conducted on behalf of BCTF. The quality of the research and presentations was excellent, and results and analysis are already helping shape BCTF priorities. After an overview of BCTF’s mission and ...
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AP - WASHINGTONExotic animals captured in the wild are streaming across the U.S. border by the millions with little or no screening for disease, leaving Americans vulnerable to a virulent outbreak that could rival a terrorist act. Demand for such wildlife is booming as parents try to get their kids the latest pets fancied by Hollywood stars and zoos and research scientists seek to ...
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This unique gathering was attended by more than 150 participants from over 20 countries who collectively represented dozens of government agencies, non-governmental organizations, funding institutions, media, universities, and private industry. It was an extremely important and productive gathering of bushmeat experts and interested professionals, which identified numerous action items for ...
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CI-Ghana takes aim at a practice that is devastating the country's wildlife and poisoning the population by Patrick Johnston, Conservation InternationalReprinted by permission from the Winter 2003 issue of Conservation Frontlines newsletter, Conservation InternationalThe bushmeat sellers had heard ...
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With just 300 individuals left in the wild, Cross River gorillas have found new conservation support from the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria, the only two countries where these great apes live.Representatives from the two nations agreed last week to improve trans-boundary cooperation to protect the critically endangered species, as well as other endangered wildlife.The ...
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Just three years after it was discovered, a new species of monkey is threatened with extinction according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which recently published the first-ever census of the endangered primate. Known as the "kipunji," the large, forest-dwelling primate hovers at 1,117 individuals.The authors also discovered that much of the monkey's remaining habitat ...
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In Africa, the unsustainable bushmeat trade is wiping out wildlife including gorillas, chimpanzees, antelopes and many other species. More than one million tonnes of bushmeat is taken from Central Africa each year - that's the equivalent of more than 9 BILLION quarter pound hamburgers!Recent reports have shown that bushmeat is being illegally imported into North America as well. BCTF ...
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While it may seem to many that the bushmeat crisis is something that happens “over there,” growing evidence shows that bushmeat is also in our own backyard. As BCTF and its members address global bushmeat/ wildlife trade issues in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world, we must also take action on the illegal importation of bushmeat and wildlife products into our own ...
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by Reg Hoyt, Senior Vice President, Conservation & Science, Philadelphia ZooSince 1992 the Philadelphia Zoo has worked in Liberia, West Africa to promote conservation action for its rainforests and unique wildlife. Zoo conservation efforts began during Liberia’s civil war and focused on maintaining a core group of Liberian conservationists, but today much ...
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Conservationists have long argued that the hunting of terrestrial wildlife for food – including mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians – poses a threat to the survival of many tropical forest species and ecosystems. A new study suggests global societies should be equally concerned that the so-called “bushmeat crisis” is also a food security crisis for many ...
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In 2002, the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force worked with the three regional wildlife colleges in Africa (École pour la Formation des Specialistes de la Faune de Garoua, Cameroon [EFG], College of African Wildlife Management, Mweka, Tanzania [CAWM] and Southern African Wildlife College, South Africa [SAWC]) to initiate a process for developing bushmeat education and training programs throughout ...
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A new program connects Adventure Camps at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to students at Limbe Wildlife Centre in Cameroon and gorilla researchers at Mbeli Bai in Congo. MORE...
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by Bryan Carroll, Chair, EAZA BWG & Deputy Director, Bristol Zoo GardensThe European Parliament (EP) has finally addressed a bushmeat petition organized by the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) and supported by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). The petition expresses the concerns of two million Europeans regarding illegal hunting and trade for ...
