The domestic consumption of meat from wild animals has significant impacts on most species protected under the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), says a new report released on Wednesday, including increasing the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans.
According to the study, 70% of mammal species protected under the CMS are used for wild meat consumption. This has led to drastic declines, and also the extinction of several migratory mammal populations.
The first of its kind report, found that wild meat is often a major driver for legal and illegal hunting, particularly of ungulates - primarily large mammals with hooves - and primates, and especially during times of conflict or famine and in the course of changing land use.
⚠️Taking of animals for domestic use is a larger concern than international trade for most CMS-protected terrestrial species according to new UN #WildMeatReport released today
