Eating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendations

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Greenwichen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen
cg.contributor.initiativeOne Health
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.creator.identifierElizabeth Cook: 0000-0001-6081-8363en
cg.creator.identifierSteven Lam: 0000-0001-7279-6165en
cg.creator.identifierSusan MacMillan: 0000-0002-3010-4498en
cg.creator.identifierHung Nguyen-Viet: 0000-0003-1549-2733en
cg.creator.identifierEkta Patel: 0000-0001-9400-6988en
cg.creator.identifierSteven Staal: 0000-0002-1244-1773en
cg.creator.identifierLian Thomas: 0000-0001-8447-1210en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.isbn92–9146–684–6en
cg.placeNairobi, Kenyaen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTSen
cg.subject.ilriBUSHMEATen
cg.subject.ilriCONSUMPTIONen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriNUTRITIONen
cg.subject.ilriONE HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorCook, Elizabeth A.J.en
dc.contributor.authorLam, Stevenen
dc.contributor.authorMacMillan, Susanen
dc.contributor.authorMasudi, Phyllisen
dc.contributor.authorMispiratceguy, M.en
dc.contributor.authorHa Thi Thanh Nguyenen
dc.contributor.authorHung Nguyen-Vieten
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Ektaen
dc.contributor.authorSlater, Annabelen
dc.contributor.authorStaal, Steven J.en
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Lian F.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-16T15:00:38Zen
dc.date.available2024-09-16T15:00:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/152246
dc.titleEating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendationsen
dcterms.abstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, prominent calls were made in the Global North to end the hunting, selling and eating of meat from wild animals. This report is a partial response to such calls, arguing that such a ban would be both impossible and arguably immoral to enforce due to the benefits wild meat provides for many millions of mostly poor communities. It also acknowledges the risks inherent in eating wild meat and recommends reshaping the wild meat trade in ways that 1) ensure it is sustainable and fair to poor and under-nourished populations of the Global South; 2) do not harm biodiversity or put endangered species at increased risk; 3) are safer for human, animal and environment health; and 4) are more humane. The importance of meat from wild animals to human diets has long been studied as has the human health risks from consuming it. Based on literature reviews, this report seeks to understand wild meat consumption by people and the value chains that supply it—including hunting, harvesting, marketing and consumption—and the implications of consuming wild meat for both human nutrition and zoonotic risks in Africa and East and Southeast Asia regions where wildlife is an abundant especially abundant renewable resource and widely consumed and where ILRI has been researching use of wild meat for many decades. The report synthesizes the available evidence on wild meat and recommends practices and research priorities to mitigate the biodiversity conservation and zoonotic risks related to its consumption, particularly for use by organizations working in the health, veterinary, environment and wildlife sectors.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrace, D., Bett, B., Cook, E., Lam, S., MacMillan, S., Masudi, P., Mispiratceguy, M., Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Patel, E., Slater, A., Staal, S. and Thomas, L. 2024. Eating wild animals: Rewards, risks and recommendations. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.en
dcterms.descriptionPresented by Delia Grace at the 8th World One Health Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 21 September 2024.
dcterms.issued2024-09-20en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
dcterms.subjectanimal productsen
dcterms.subjectbushmeaten
dcterms.subjectconsumptionen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectone health approachen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeReport

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