Commercial Ape Bushmeat Trade Twice as Bad as Subsistence Hunting

From TreeHugger:

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In another wrinkle in the ongoing saga of the bushmeat trade in Africa and declining ape populations, a new report published in the Journal of Biological Conservation shows that commercial hunters from urban centers have a greater impact than subsistence farmers on apes:

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