With all the focus on syndicate poaching of elephant and rhino these days are we forgetting the impact of illegal bushmeat hunting? The threat posed by illegal bushmeat hunting to the Okavango Delta‘s tourism industry has been exposed in a recent report. Botswana is not normally associated with high levels of poaching, however reportedly illegal bushmeat hunting is occurring at such as significant scale in the Delta that, “the large quantities of bushmeat reported by some hunters suggests the existence of an organised commercial element to the industry, with capacity to harvest, transport and dispose of significant volumes.” Approximately 1,800…
