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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Dalton

African forests ‘emptied of wildlife’ as 10,000 wild meat dishes served in city restaurants daily

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An estimated 10,000 wild meat dishes are sold in restaurants every day in just two central African cities in a trade that is rapidly emptying the continent’s forests of its wildlife, researchers say.

Species including monkeys and porcupines are among the most popular types customers asked for in Brazzaville, the capital of the  Republic of Congo, and Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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