bushmeat

British

/ ˈbʊʃˌmiːt /

noun

meat taken from any animal native to African forests, including species that may be endangered or not usually eaten outside Africa

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Spreading over dozens of hectares of protected tropical rainforest, Tacugama is home to the critically endangered Western chimpanzee, which is threatened by habitat loss and poaching for bushmeat.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

“We were looking at bushmeat markets in Southeast Asia, female trophy hunters, butterfly collectors,” said Jeremy McBride, Goode’s producing partner.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024

The culprits behind their decline are all too familiar: deforestation, mining, agriculture and the relentless illegal trade in bushmeat and live animals.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 2023

"So any attempt to ban bushmeat without really thinking about the complexity of the trade will really have serious implications."

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

But this region wasn’t natural bonobo habitat, so it hadn’t crossed my mind that there would be any bushmeat hunters around.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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