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What does bushmeat mean?

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Noun
  1. Any edible animal from sub-Saharan Africa's dense forest that is not traditionally regarded as game.
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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.

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