Illegal Bushmeat Trade Thriving In Bay Area

A CBS report out of the Bay area indicates that the illegal bushmeat trade is thriving right here in American cities. Comments from public health officials and an ecologist from UC Berekeley suggest that there are serious risks for disease and for the extinction of wild animals because of the demand for bushmeat.

From the article:

U.C. Berkeley Wildlife Ecology Professor Justin Brashares says health is not the only issue. He's worried whole species are now in danger of extinction.

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Brashares said his team of volunteers have seen markets openly selling the banned meat. The black market is especially lucrative in the Bay Area, including San Francisco and San Jose.

Brashares says anyone who wants it can find bushmeat. He once asked a taxi driver from Africa if he missed bushmeat.

For full story and video see CBS 5 link