New Delhi:
You must have wondered what led to the outbreak of Ebola. Well, it seems it was a ‘bushmeat’ that led to the apocalypse.
According to reports, in December 2013 a two-year old child from the village of Gueckedou in south-eastern Guinea became the first victim of this Ebola outbreak.
Rports also mention that the child contracted the disease from a fruit bat his family had hunted as bushmeat.
Since then Ebola has spread across the world on a dangerous spree. The severity of this outbreak has led to calls to ban the hunting, selling and eating of bushmeat.
What is Bushmeat?
It is a wild animal meat may be of chimpanzees, gorillas, monkeys, as well as fruit bats that are killed so that they can be eaten.
Previous outbreaks of Ebola are also credited to the bushmeat trade, particularly the capturing and butchering of infected animals
