The fact that many pandemics, including possibly COVID-19, have had their origins in wild animals might be expected to cause meat consumers to reduce their consumption of risky "bushmeats," which are derived from wild animals, ...
Apr 6, 2023
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The current global outbreak of monkeypox is yet another warning for the adoption of a preventative approach to minimize the risk of future emergence of known and unknown zoonotic pathogens, argue Professors Diana Bell and ...
Sep 22, 2022
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Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, eating the meat of wild animals has been getting a bad press.
May 26, 2020
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People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers. The team analyzed samples of bushmeat—meat ...
Dec 2, 2019
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New analyses of interview data collected in Liberia show a decrease in bushmeat consumption and meal frequency during the Ebola crisis. However, wealthy households reduced their consumption of bushmeat less than poor households. ...
Mar 21, 2017
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The antelope looked exactly like a cartoon deer. It had rust-coloured fur, white spots on its hindquarters and an oddly regal bearing. Its throat had been slit, and it had just been dumped, rather unceremoniously, on the ...
Sep 27, 2016
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