Over 9,000 primates killed for single bushmeat market in West Africa every year

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceMar 24, 2014, 3:31 pm38 pts
Over the past 25 years, West Africa's primates have been put at risk due to an escalating bushmeat trade compounded with forest loss from expanding human populations. In fact, many endemic primates in the Upper Guinea forests of Liberia and Ivory Coast have been pushed to the verge of extinction. To better…

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