bushmeat
Hunted forest animals
Bushmeat is wild animal meat hunted in tropical forests, particularly in Africa.
The term typically refers to primates, antelope, rodents, and other wildlife killed for food or sale.
Bushmeat hunting raises conservation concerns—threatening endangered species—and public health risks, as it can transmit diseases like Ebola to humans.
The village depended on bushmeat when crops failed.
Swift horned grazer
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- gorillaLargest great ape
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
- pangolinScale-covered ant-eating mammal
duiker · porcupine · bat · crocodile · python · civet · lemur · orangutan
Catching by entanglement
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- harvestingGathering mature crops
smoking · drying · butchering · carcass · skinning · tracking · night hunting · nets
Animal-to-human disease transmission
- EbolaFatal hemorrhagic fever virus
- HIVAIDS-causing retrovirus
- SARSViral pneumonia syndrome
- monkeypoxZoonotic orthopox infection
spillover · disease transmission · pandemic · pathogens · virus · outbreak · contamination · handling
Organisms facing extinction risk
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- overhuntingExcessive wildlife killing
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
- biodiversityRange of life forms
CITES · wildlife crime · rangers · protection · enforcement · sustainability · population decline · deforestation
Folded amino chain
- nutritionBodily use of food
- food securityGuaranteed adequate nutrition access
- ruralOf the countryside
- villageSmall rural community
indigenous · tribal · poverty · hunger · famine · livelihood · tradition · dietary staple
Venue for trade
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- blackmarketIllicit commerce system
- roadsideAdjacent to pavement
vendors · middlemen · cross-border · price · demand · supply chain · concealment · transport
antelope
Swift horned grazer
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- gorillaLargest great ape
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
pangolin · duiker · porcupine · bat · crocodile · python · civet · lemur · orangutan · elephant
snaring
Catching by entanglement
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
harvesting · smoking · drying · butchering · carcass · skinning · tracking · night hunting · nets · spears
zoonosis
Animal-to-human disease transmission
monkeypox · spillover · disease transmission · pandemic · pathogens · virus · outbreak · contamination · handling · slaughter
endangered species
Organisms facing extinction risk
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- overhuntingExcessive wildlife killing
- habitat lossElimination of living spaces
biodiversity · CITES · wildlife crime · rangers · protection · enforcement · sustainability · population decline · deforestation · national parks
protein
Folded amino chain
- nutritionBodily use of food
- food securityGuaranteed adequate nutrition access
- ruralOf the countryside
village · indigenous · tribal · poverty · hunger · famine · livelihood · tradition · dietary staple · cultural practice
market
Venue for trade
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
- blackmarketIllicit commerce system
roadside · vendors · middlemen · cross-border · price · demand · supply chain · concealment · transport · seizure
- contrabandheroin, cocaine, narcotics, illegal drugs, illicit drugs
- extinction threatshabitat loss, climate change, poaching, overhunting, invasive species
- forbidden foodspork, bacon, ham, shellfish, shrimp cocktail
- Poachingpoacher, poaching, ivory, tusks, snare
- wildlife threatsbiodiversity loss, extinction, habitat loss, poaching, species extinction
- wildlife tradewildlife trafficking, illegal trade, poaching, ivory trade, rhino horn
bushmeatlivestock
Domesticated farm animals
beef · pork · chicken · poultry · farm-raised
bushmeatplant-based protein
Nutrients from flora sources
tofu · legumes · lab-grown meat · Impossible Burger · Beyond Meat
meat, bush, bushy, meatball, meaty, bushed, bushing, bushland, bushman