Bushmeat
Back from Montreal again and nearing the end of this storyline. This comic refers to a very serious issue in Africa – the bushmeat trade. I’m sure we’re all aware that gorillas are endangered and one of the reasons, besides habitat loss, is illegal poaching. To get a little serious, I’m posting a link to an online petition at the janegoodall.org. I’m not a big believer in petitions, but they certainly can’t hurt! There is also lots and lots of information about this issue on the internet, so if you have time do some reading, maybe make a donation, sign a petition – whatever you think might help, I say go for it! Let’s help our cousins the gorillas (and the other great apes too!)
On another note, if I ever have any merch to sell on this site, I’m thinking of picking a great ape charity, (perhaps the Jane Goodall foundation – but there are lots of others) and donating a percentage of my profits! So spread the word about GITM! 🙂
http://www.janegoodall.org/petition/stop-bushmeat
Chuckles is old and tough, they need to let him go!
True, but that mask makes it hard to tell!! You’d think the bare, human arms would be a bit of a giveaway though!
On my day job, I see people arriving from Africa with “bush meat”. For the most part, it is clear upon inspection that the meat derives from rodents, but I will remind my staff to look closely to discard the possibility of primate meat.
I enforce the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Convention for the International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES). You wouldn’t believe the sheer amount of material that we seize for protected species violations.
That’s really interesting Nef! I didn’t know about the rodent meat, but I’m not surprised at all. Do people try to pass it off as being from more exotic animals? Anyway, thanks for sharing!
Actually no. For the most part they either don’t know the type of animal or don’t know what to call it in a language we understand (we have several languages represented in our team, but only one or two from Africa). We identify it based on the type of meat, body parts, etcetera.
By the way, cooked rodent meat is allowed in, as long as we can identify it.
Interesting, thanks again! 🙂
Please say it isn’t so!!!
Oh the horror, the horror…
That really is terrible that poachers would kill gorillas for the illegal meat trade. Although I do think that Chuckles may tenderise with a nice spicy marinade…
Yeah, I guess he probably tastes like pork?
Smart? Ummm, you’re sporting a mullet.
Yeah, kind of a dead give away, eh? Just don’t call it an “ape drape,” cuz Gus might get offended. Although he really likes that song by the Vandals!