RantCrush Top 5: September 30, 2016

Bushmeat is a phrase describing the meat of wild animals found in the tropics of Western and Central Africa. While bushmeat is gathered and sold elsewhere, these areas are of particular concern because of disease outbreaks they’ve caused in England and other European countries. The consumption of bushmeat is very cultural, but stopping its import is crucial for halting future epidemics in their tracks. It’s going to be hard because the largest illegal trade route of bushmeat, which originates in Ghana, is said to be worth billions of dollars.

Considering bushmeat can cause diseases ranging from SARS, polio, HIV, and the nasty Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, are billions of dollars really worth the risk?

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