Hunting pressure on forest animals in Africa is on the increase
Since about 25 years, animal species in West and Central Africa are no longer being hunted solely for the purpose of local self-sufficiency, but increasingly also for sale in urban areas several hundred kilometres away. As a consequence, many populations have dramatically decreased or already disappeared altogether. A team of European researchers led by Goethe University Frankfurt has now predicted hunting pressure for the Congo Basin and produced a detailed map, which could help in regional planning …
Phys.Org – February 9, 2016
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‘Murderers’ in their killing cove: Shocking footage shows wealthy hunters slaughtering desperate pilot whale in Japan as the rest of its pod are drowned or kidnapped and ‘sold for £140,000’ (Video)
By Jenny Stanton For Mailonline
● Thousands of whales and dolphins are killed in Taiji cove, Japan, each year
● ‘Prettiest’ are snatched from their natural habitat to be sold into captivity
● Rest are killed for meat or released, but are unlikely to survive on their own
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Daily Mail – 13:18 GMT, 9 February 2016
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic…
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