BCTF is a consortium of conservation organizations and scientists dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations threatened by commercial hunting for sale as meat.
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What is Bushmeat? In Africa, forest is often referred to as 'the bush', thus wildlife and the meat derived from it is referred to as 'bushmeat.’
What is the Crisis? Commercial, illegal and unsustainable hunting for the meat of wild animals is causing widespread local extinctions in Asia and West Africa. It is a crisis because of rapid expansion to countries and species which were previously not at risk, largely due to an increase in commercial logging, with an infrastructure of roads and trucks that links forests and hunters to cities and consumers.
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June 16, 2009 – A group of 17 orphaned bonobos are being released into the wild for the first time this month. Set free by the world’s only bonobo sanctuary, Lola ya Bonobo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the bonobos will be released into a 50,000 acre (20,000 hectare) forest where the species has been absent for years.
"The release of bonobos back into the wild will be the pinnacle of all we have accomplished," said Claudine Andre, president of Les Amis des Bonobos Du Congo, which runs the sanctuary. "For the last 15 years, we have worked tirelessly on education and conservation – this is the most important step of all." READ MORE >>
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Current TV Features Bushmeat, BCTF Director Dr. Heather E. Eves
July 05, 2007 - 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 Democratic Republic of Congo to examine the bushmeat trade, conducting interviews with hunters, cooks, market sellers and conservation experts. The second story focuses on smuggling bushmeat into the US, and law enforcement. READ MORE >>
