My presentation is about the unsustainable hunting of wildlife in Central and West Africa, more specifically called bushmeat. I am focussing on its affect on the primate population.

1. *1 Bush Meat: The Crisis in Africa

2. *2 “ Do we really care that within 15 years there may be no chimpanzees or gorillas or elephants or any other amazing beings, roaming the forests of the Congo Basin and other parts of Central and West Africa? Does it matter? ...We do not have much time left. We must act now”. -- Dr. Jane Goodall The act of killing wildlife in West and Central Africa for food, or bushmeat, has become a major international issue. The Bushmeat Crisis

3. Average Monkey Carcasses per Markey Day in Bioko, Africa *3

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7. *8,*9, A depressing by-product of bushmeat hunting are the baby orphans who are left to die. There is a constant influx of orphans to chimpanzee and gorilla sanctuaries around Africa. A dying baby gorilla. Gorillas, unlike chimpanzees often lose hope and die. Baby gorillas in a sanctuary.

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