| #2673689 in Books | 2003-05-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.15 x6.36 x9.14l,1.37 | File type: PDF | 333 pages||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Finally--the African bushmeat crisis explained|By A Customer|I have been seeing references to the African trade in wild meat, including primates, for a couple of years now--Jane Goodall mentions it in her talks--but searched unsuccessfully for an intelligent guide to the issue. Now it's here, and it's clear that this subject is urgent, appalling, and very very complex. Dale P|From Publishers Weekly|This articulate study maintains that the increasing human consumption of apes and other primates in Central and Western Africa poses a serious threat to biodiversity, public health and sustainable development, as well as raising a consider
Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes—chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recentl...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Eating Apes (California Studies in Food and Culture) | Dale Peterson.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
