ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 6月13日 03時30分

Photos by @brentstirton | Ebola, COVID-19, AIDS, SARS, and monkeypox are zoonotic diseases, passing from wild animals to humans. Ironically, wild meat, or bushmeat, is mostly a luxury for elites. It also provides jobs for thousands who work to meet the demand. The meat's value increases closer to capital cities. It travels internationally daily, and disease can easily travel with it. According to the Wildlife Conservation Society, trafficking of wildlife to cities to meet nonessential demand for bushmeat poses a major threat to many animal species. Hunters all tell the same story: Forests are emptying; what used to take a couple of hours to hunt now can take days. Africa's largest zone for the bushmeat trade is the Congo Basin, where these images were taken. Read the full story at link in bio.

1. Bat hunters return from collecting bats close to Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. Bats are the main vector animal for zoonotic disease.

2. A bat seller at a Brazzaville market removes wing bones with his teeth—an instant transmission risk.

3. Wealthier people eat bushmeat regularly, but wildlife numbers are dwindling past the point of sustainability.

4. A day’s supply of wild meat is delivered to a single trader. The meat is grouped together, so if one animal is carrying disease, it can pass to others in the pile.

5. Endangered animals for sale on a roadside in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A main enabler of the illegal wild meat trade is the lack of serious law enforcement.

6. Jonas Manguba has hunted since childhood but says he doesn't see certain species anymore.

7. A caregiver at Lwiro Primates tends to a newly arrived chimp baby, a victim of the bushmeat trade.

8. Mbuti Pygmies use nets made from forest vines—a sustainable hunting technique.

9. A mother and child suffering from monkeypox, a virus often fatal if not treated with antibiotics.

10. Doctors confer amongst depleted oxygen tanks outside a COVID-19 ward.
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