Comments on: Links for September: Okapi, Bushmeat, Interview with Terese

By: October Links: bonobo video, elephants not crossing, bushmeat interview | Searching for Bonobo in Congo

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:34:46 +0000

[...] September, we shared for the first time pages on the Internet that grasped our attention. Here are a few more. If you have see anything [...]

By: Terese Hart

Terese Hart — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:15:49 +0000

Wonderful Bekah. And I love thinking of you reading them, Heneem in you lap, there in NY while I am in Kin!!

By: REBEKAH HART

REBEKAH HART — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:44:31 +0000

I enjoyed these links especially your interview and the article on bush meat

By: Terese

Terese — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:30:27 +0000

Eight years ago, with backing from USFWS, Mapilanga, warden of the Okapi Reserve, did a bushmeat study in the markets of Beni and surrounding villages. Then, already, it was squirrels and porcupines that were hunted in the hills outside the park. “Real” meat came from the east — the Park. The same phenomenon in TL2 where hunting occurs farther and farther from the big market towns. I am certain that a difference CAN be made…but with a lot of publicity and increased patrolling.

By: Greg Davies

Greg Davies — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:43:08 +0000

One discouraging line from the BBC report:

“Okapi meat, reportedly from the park, is now regularly on sale in the nearby town of Beni.”