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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Hunting and consumption of mammals and birds by people in urban areas of western Madagascar
ORYX, Volume 44, No. 3, Year 2010
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We assessed the consumption and hunting of wild animals by people in urban areas of western Madagascar using structured questionnaires in households and direct observations. Six wild mammal and five wild bird species were reported, or observed, to be sources of bushmeat although fish and domestic animals were the preferred and cheapest sources of animal protein. Bushmeat accounted for 10% of the meat consumed the day before our questionnaires were completed. Common tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus and bush pig Potamochoerus larvatus were the preferred wild meat and the former was also the most expensive type of meat. Taboos and strong dislikes limited the consumption of domestic pigs, bush pigs, goats, lemurs and fruit bats. Game species were hunted according to their availability, which coincided with the legal hunting season for fruit bats but only partly so for the other game species. Illegal hunting of Verreauxis sifaka Propithecus verreauxi is cause for concern and assessments of primate consumption may have been underestimated because of reluctance of interviewees to admit illegal activities. © 2010 Fauna & Flora International.
Authors & Co-Authors
Randrianandrianina, Félicien H.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Madagasikara Voakajy
Racey, Paul A.
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
Jenkins, Richard K.B.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Madagasikara Voakajy
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom, Bangor
Bangor University
Statistics
Citations: 57
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1017/S003060531000044X
ISSN:
00306053
e-ISSN:
13653008
Study Locations
Madagascar