Most illegal imports are beef, pork or chicken, but the trade also includes meat from endangered species, known as bushmeat. |
The bushmeat trade is rife in parts of Africa, where animals ranging from rats, wild dogs, lions leopards and rare apes are trapped for food. |
But with the influx of vast numbers of loggers, the eating of bushmeat has escalated. |
Poaching for bushmeat during the conflict by locals and armed militias had a serious impact on the bonobos. |
According to a probe into the dealers, as much as 10 tonnes of African bushmeat may be arriving in London each day. |
Take bushmeat, the name for wild animals that are shot, snared, trapped or captured for food. |