Bushmeat News

  1. Do animals matter to you?18/03We have in place a Universal Declaration on Human Rights, treaties and bi…
  2. Uganda: Sport hunting at wildlife rescue03/09New ways of getting bushmeat have been found in Uganda.
  3. Cameroon seeks alternatives to bushmeat21/08To fight poaching, the Cameroonian ministry of animal husbandry and fishi…
  4. Poaching rampant in southeast Cameroon14/08In her first whirlwind trip to the Southeast of Cameroon US Ambassador to…
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Photo of the week

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Photo: Mandaba Kosse Mathurin in Gemena, DR Congo

Feature

Wire traps remain wildlife big killer

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In the middle of a logging road that flanks Lobeke National Park in the Southeast of Cameroon, a male sitatunga sat on its chest and stomach staring at our approaching vehicle. As we drove closer, it stayed on strangely unruffled. We suspected something was amiss and pulled up 5 metres away.Read more…

The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation

We cannot just sit back and watch animals such as the African Elephant or the Gorilla, the Chimpanzee or the brightly colored Macaw die out. TWWF tries to find other ways for these hunters to earn a living.  The Stichting The Wasmoeth Wildlife Foundation (TWWF) was established in 2001 to help save some of the world’s animal species that are the most threatened with extinction. Read more.

Environmental Foundation for Africa

The Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA) aims to protect and restore the environment in West Africa. For over 15 years, EFA has led: environmental education (EE) and awareness raising campaigns; restored degraded lands and conserved pristine forests; minimized the impacts of civil war on the environment and its inhabitants. Read more

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Bushmeat photo galleries

  1. Joseph Kimojino: Mara Triangle, Kenya03/03The post-election violence in Kenya has caused the tourist industry to co…
  2. The Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone23/07
  3. Bushmeat in Cameroon23/07Huub Ruijgrok recently took these pictures in Cameroon.
  4. Lindsay Stark: Rwanda Mountain Gorillas05/07These photos were made by Lindsay Stark in the Volcano National Park in n…
  5. Emilie Bombo-Kotto: Centr. Afr. Republic04/07These photos were made by Emilie Bombo-Kotto in the Central African…
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Bushmeat weblogs

  1. Uganda: Chimpanzee Murungi gives birth26/08A thirty-two year old chimpanzee in Uganda has given birth, increasing the number of rare primates in the country. Murungi's child has increasing the number of the chimpanzee population at Kyambu…
  2. Cameroon: Towards a new park in West07/07Do you know the Yabassi landscape area? Four hours separate this virgin forest from the economic capital, Douala in Cameroon's Littoral Province of Cameroon.
  3. Cameroon: Making a living from roast meat19/06Kenneth Titi is 30 and he is happy with what he knows how to do best, roasting meat at the roadside. This economic activity is fondly referred to as Soya Business in Cameroon.