Kenya’s wide-open, postcard-perfect savannah is dotted with acacia trees in every direction as the early morning fog still clouds the air. Donart Mwakio is doing his rounds in a white pickup truck ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. PARIS — The traders sell an array of bushmeat: monkey carcasses, smoked ...

“There’s a live animal caught in a poacher’s snare!” yelled Isaac Maina as he took off running through the bush to reach it. Maina leads the African Network for Animal Welfare’s monthly “desnaring” ...

Maverick conservationist, Richard Leakey, writes that “commercial bushmeat hunting has become the most significant immediate threat to the future of wildlife in Africa and around the world” in an ...

In Africa, the unsustainable, illegal hunting of wild animals for food, commonly referred to as the bushmeat crisis, causes multiple problems for ecosystems and human health. Given the lack of ...

According to the first study of its kind in Africa, bushmeat hunting impacts African rainforests by wiping-out large mammals and birds—such as forest elephants, primates, and hornbills—that are ...

Scientists estimate nearly 12,000 pounds of illegal bushmeat are smuggled into France from Africa every week, and the threat to endangered species is only getting worse. An undeclared bottle of ...