The bush meat business is facing a meltdown due to urbanization, high cost of the product and harsh economic factors.
Other reasons include hunters abandoning the trade for lucrative jobs, including illegal mining. This came out in a research conducted by the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research at the University of Ghana at a West African Regional workshop in Accra.
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