bushmeat

British  

/ ˈbʊʃˌmiːt /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

This is often due to dangers animals face in the wild, including poaching for bushmeat, habitat loss and degradation — in some instances caused by mineral hunting for electronics — as well as disease.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

The organisation, along with other local groups, removes snares, safeguards dens and provides information for law enforcement on illegal trade in ivory and bushmeat.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

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

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

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