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Scientists in Cameroon have warned that eating monkeys and apes could cause the next HIV.
They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis.
80 per cent of the meat eaten in Cameroon is killed in the wild and is known as ‘bushmeat’,with gorilla, chimpanzee or monkey favourites.
According to one estimate, up to 3,000 gorillas are slaughtered in southern Cameroon every year. Elsewhere, the Washington-based Bush Meat Crisis Task Force estimates that up to five million tons of wild animals are being ‘harvested’ in the Congo Basin every year – the equivalent of 10 million cattle.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-eating-monkeys-apes-cause-HIV-epidemic.html
They are already tracking a HIV-like virus called simian foamy virus, and fear more viruses could spread and lead to a global health crisis.
80 per cent of the meat eaten in Cameroon is killed in the wild and is known as ‘bushmeat’,with gorilla, chimpanzee or monkey favourites.
According to one estimate, up to 3,000 gorillas are slaughtered in southern Cameroon every year. Elsewhere, the Washington-based Bush Meat Crisis Task Force estimates that up to five million tons of wild animals are being ‘harvested’ in the Congo Basin every year – the equivalent of 10 million cattle.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...n-eating-monkeys-apes-cause-HIV-epidemic.html