Busting the bushmeat trade.In this macabre ma·ca·bre adj. 1. Suggesting the horror of death and decay; gruesome: macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle Ages. See Synonyms at ghastly. 2. journey through the chaotic bushmeat Bushmeat (calque from the French viande de brousse) is the term commonly used for meat of terrestrial wild animals, killed for subsistence or commercial purposes throughout the humid tropics of the Americas, Asia and Africa. markets and disappearing forests of west and central Africa, author Dale Peterson and photographer Karl Ammann tackle the complicated cultural, economic and ethical issues surrounding the slaughter slaughter 1. the killing of animals for the preparation of meat for human consumption. Many methods are used. See also emergency slaughter, captive bolt pistol, carbon dioxide anesthesia, jewish slaughter, muslim slaughter, pithing, puntilla, shechita, sikh slaughter. 2. of apes for food. Eating Apes (University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. , $24.95) investigates the unsustainable hunting of gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos, emphasizing the connections between increased commercial logging and growing demand for bushmeat. Because apes are so similar to human beings, it may be hard to stomach Ammann's powerful photos. |
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