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As Ebola fears return, Congo-Brazzaville steps up fight against illegal bushmeat

Published on 03 Jul 2015
After infected wildlife was linked with Guinea’s ‘patient zero’, the authorities desperately try to control the region’s trade. The trade in illegal bushmeat is big business. According to the Center for International Forestry Research, 5m tonnes of bushmeat are harvested from the Congo basin every year.
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