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Primate Parts Still Being Used for "Medicinal Purposes"

Critter News

It's not just tiger parts and elephant tusks that are being used for so called "traditional" medicinal uses. I didn't know primates were in demand too. I knew about bush meat, but not about this. Tags: traditional medicine poaching primates endangered species. Will it ever end?

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary.

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