An 18-month-study of remote human settlements deep in the Congolese jungle warns that chimpanzees are being subjected to a “wave of killing” by hunters pursuing them for bushmeat. One consequence is the continual growth in the number of “bushmeat orphans” – those infants who are too small to be killed for meat, and are often put on black market for sale as pets.
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