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This topic would not have found its way onto the agenda had it not been for a petition signed by nearly 2 million people and had it not been for the Committee on Petitions, which took the decision, a year ago, to draft a report on the subject. The 'bush meat' phenomenon is already enjoying wide public attention in Great Britain, but not yet elsewhere. Despite this, it is important for development cooperation, public health and the environment that awareness of this phenomenon should increase in Europe and that a policy on it should actually be adopted. The population in the developing countries is growing fast, while scope for trade and transport is also increasing. In the past, small groups of people used to hunt wild animals living in the jungle for their own meat consumption. These days, this meat of monkeys, reptiles and snakes is not only consumed by poor local residents, but is also sold in African towns and even exported to Europe as a delicacy for the rich. The commercial hunt of animals and the felling of tropical forests result in the rapid extinction of animal species, including gorillas and chimpanzees. Scarcely-controllable animal diseases, such as Ebola, are spread among people. Development cooperation on the part of the EU takes no account of this destruction or of the environment in general. I support proposals for eco-tourism, protection, education and legislation, even though they probably leave something to be desired."@en1
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