The second half of the 20th century has seen the continent of Africa in continuous turmoil. Civil wars, the AIDS epidemic, deforestation, and desertification are just a few of the problems facing Africa. A more recent threat to this ancient and fragile environment has emerged and is quickly gaining strength at devouring life – the bush meat trade. “Bush meat” refers to the smoked carcasses of various wild, and often endangered species that are sold illegally at rural markets of undeveloped countries
the brink of extinction due to deforestation, hunting, and bushmeat trade. Our closest cousins are now viewed as economic commodities rather than valuable agents to the environment and humanity. In order to explore this issue, there must be an examinitation of why primate populations are dwindling, if these populations can replenish themselves, and what measures the international community is taking to alleviate the problem. Bushmeat is a popular source of animal protein in West and Central
Continuous human degradation of the Cross River gorilla is the primary cause of their dwindling numbers. An amazing species that once prospered in the jungle has been abused to near extinction. Because human interference is the cause of the gorillas decreasing numbers, it is humanities obligation to suspend the practices that lead to their demise. In doing so, we must also explore the options we have to repopulate a species with an intellect second only to humans. Aside from the obvious cruelty of
Fish and Game Warden I have decided to do my Career Research Paper on Fish and Game Warden. Fish and Game Warden involve being with people and with the environment and trying to keep bad people from doing bad things. I have thought about becoming a Fish and Game Warden for about 3 to 4 years now. The reason I researched it was because I like to hunt and fish and be outdoors and I think this job would be perfect for me. After researching the career of a funeral direction, I have not decided to pursue
During the medieval time period there was a lot going on. One of the things that they did was hunting. Hunting was a thing that most people loved to do. There were laws saying what they could hunt, when they could hunt, and what they could hunt with. Most of these hunters used dogs they had trained. The laws were very strict. If peasants were accused of poaching they were liable for hanging, castration, blinding or being sewn into a deerskin and then hunting down by ferocious dogs. They used their
“Is it right, in the deepest moral sense, for one conscious being to eat another?” Throughout Eating Apes, Dale Peterson takes the readers through what he experienced, saw, and the issues presented with trying to protect the apes to gear us to answer that question. He was able to do this with the stories of Karl Ammann, who took the photographs presented in the book, and Joseph Melloh, a gorilla hunter from Cameroon. Prior to taking this class, my knowledge of apes going extinct went as far as
Tyler Alvarado Professor Newtoff Bio 105 Online 8 October 2017 Recreational Hunting Recreational hunting is a huge controversy whether it’s local, regional, or international, I know from being a hunter there are several pros and cons to hunting. The question is, should recreational hunting be allowed? First off what is “recreational hunting”? Well, Answers.com refers to it as “Rec hunting is hunting for pleasure or sport, instead of trade hunting, which is hunting to kill animals for trade (by the
In the Middle ages, there was many exciting and different ways knights lived by using falconry methods for hunting. There were many ways that the knights used falcons to hunt and also use the for war in the Middle ages. Falconry was a ancient sport of hunting in the Middle ages such as Hawks and even Eagles. Many people wonder how falcons were trained to hunt. Most falcons were trained by a licensed Falconer that they used a course that the falcons had to pass in order to become a licensed falcon
The great apes are humankind’s closest relatives. Great apes include gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos, which are also known as pygmy chimps. At the turn of the century, there were approximately one million chimpanzees in Africa. This number has declined down to 150,000. Mountain gorillas have halved in size over the last ten years, leaving only 320 to roam the trees of their homeland. Some say these great apes will face extinction within a decade. Why is this the case and should we
LogoTHE CONGO Deforestation in the Congo Rainforest By Rhett Butler July 24, 2013 By Rhett Butler Google+ | Last updated 2016-Jan-23 Central Africa's deforestation rate since 1990 has been the lowest of any major forest region in the world. However there are still a number of threats to the health of the Congo rainforest and its residents. The biggest drivers of deforestation in the Congo rainforest over the past 20 years have been small-scale subsistence agriculture, clearing for charcoal
efforts to prevent poaching and capture poachers has been set in place. In retrospect to the new laws put into place, there will be pros and cons of the effect that the law has on the Ba’aka people, the logging and mining workers, the poachers of bushmeat and ivory, and congolese environmentalists. The Ba’aka peoples nomadic lifestyle is less damaging to the rainforest environment because it allows the group to move without over-exploiting the local game and forest resources. Most African forest people
his book, Planet Without Apes, Stanford introduces readers to apes, shows why the apes are endangered, how similar we are to apes, and why we should protect the apes. He does so in nine chapters – “Save the Apes”, “Heart of Darkness”, “Homeless”, “Bushmeat”, “Outbreak”, “In a Not-So-Gilded Cage”, “The Double-Edged Sword of Ecotourism”, “Ethnocide”, and “May There Always be Apes”. Stanford strategically chooses the name Planet Without the Apes, as a parody of the Hollywood franchise, hoping such a title
individuals may simply prefer the ape meat over chicken or beef, while other consume gorillas for tradition and superstitious beliefs. While there are laws and restrictions which limit and ban the slaughter and consumption of gorillas, also called “bushmeat”, this seems to be doing very little to minimize the hunting of gorillas. The author states that from a single African marked there may be over a thousand gorilla carcasses sold each year. Since these animals live long lives, bearing only a few kin
There are many animals in the world. Even we don’t know the exact number of them. Recently, it’s difficult to find some species because they already threaten and most of them become extinct. We can’t find the great ape called chimpanzees easily in the Africa forest. The largest population of chimpanzees are in central Africa, mainly Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Cameroon. It’s about 150,000 to 250,000 individuals (WWF,n.d). Their population keeps decreasing rapidly each year. Although
first states that the “bushmeat trade in Ghana is strongly driven by a lack of fish”. Next, Fox claims Ghana is at risk of worsening poverty, social unrest, and loss of natural resources as an result of overfishing. Fox additionally quotes an assistant professor of ecosystem sciences who claims species are vanishing. Fox lastly discusses the potential results of overfishing, taking quotes from a study about the connection between local fish supply and the effects on bushmeat and wildlife. Fox also
In the following diary, Dr. Paul Framer reflected on his trip to Liberia and documented his experience and opinions of the tragic impact of the Ebola outbreak. Challenging the perceived notions of Ebola epidemiology, he analyzed possible causes of the viral transmission within West Africa. Despite its high fatality rates, Dr. Framer characterized the Ebola virus not as a death sentence, but a health crisis that simply requires a strong and efficient health care system. He examined the virus to be
The Endangerment of the Chimpanzee The closest relative to the human species, the chimpanzee, remains severely threatened by human encroachment thus receiving the classification of endangered. These threats to the chimpanzee population, linked to human encroachment on native lands, caused a sharp decline in population and continue to produce dwindling numbers today. The lack of governmental action and knowledge of the public highlight the main areas of neglect for this endangered species. Action
Zoos, aquariums, and circuses, they are very popular with many groups of people, and enjoyed by many different groups of people. In the last few years, zoos, aquariums, and circuses have been under controversy, they should still house animals. These places should be allowed to house these animals as long as regulations are followed, the animals are in good health, and the people learn/ enjoy their time at the zoo or the aquarium or the circus. Zoos, aquariums, and circuses should be allowed to have
Rematodosis, Echinococcosis/Hydatidosis, Toxoplasmosis and Trichinellosis. 4) Dermatophytoses and Sporotrichosis Zoonosis has been an unknown threat to human kind since the ancient times when sanitation was not a concern, and the consumption of bushmeat was largely spread. Zoonosis infection diseases started to become a real problem in society when agriculture started. People used to live in small groups and rarely have contact with different tribes. It all changed when planting crops at one site
In the article “Angry Tweets Won’t Help African Lions” first published on 7/1/2016 in The New York Times Richard Conniff attempts to use the recent death of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion as a medium for informing readers of the New York Times about what is going on in Africa and the impact these events are having on the lions. Cecil the lion was a mascot of sorts for Zimbabwe until he was hunted down and killed by Walter Palmer in the name of “Trophy Hunting”. The real driving force behind this seems