04809nam 2201045 a 450 991077846930332120230616235942.01-282-35800-697866123580050-520-93842-910.1525/9780520938427(CKB)1000000000799803(EBL)470902(OCoLC)609850033(SSID)ssj0000346474(PQKBManifestationID)11301631(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000346474(PQKBWorkID)10328507(PQKB)10158684(MiAaPQ)EBC470902(DE-B1597)519469(OCoLC)1109370212(DE-B1597)9780520938427(Au-PeEL)EBL470902(CaPaEBR)ebr10676301(CaONFJC)MIL235800(EXLCZ)99100000000079980320020619d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEating apes[electronic resource] /Dale Peterson ; with an afterword and photographs by Karl Ammann ; foreword by Janet K. MuseveniBerkeley University of California Press20031 online resource (349 p.)California studies in food and culture ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24332-3 0-520-23090-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Machine generated contents note: Foreword, by Janet K. Museveni ix --INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1 LAUGHTER 3 -- 2 BEGINNINGS 18 -- 3 DEATH 37 -- 4 FLESH 57 -- 5 BLOOD 80 -- 6 BUSINESS 104 -- 7 DENIAL 226 -- 8 A STORY 151 -- 9 HISTORY 183 --Afterword, by Karl Ammann 211 --Appendix A. Saving the Apes 231 -- Appendix B. Further Reading 240 -- Appendix C. The Primate Family Tree 243 -- Appendix D. The HIV/SIV Family Tree 244 -- Maps 245 -- Notes 265 -- Bibliography 285 -- Acknowledgments 301 -- Index 305 --Color plates follow page 158.Eating Apes is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes-chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned exposé details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter could bring about their extinction in the next few decades. Supported by compelling color photographs by award-winning photographer Karl Ammann, Eating Apes documents the when, where, how, and why of this rapidly accelerating disaster. Eating Apes persuasively argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the ongoing collapse of the ape population. In bringing the facts of this crisis and these impending extinctions into a single, accessible book, Peterson takes us one step closer to averting one of the most disturbing threats to our closest relatives.California studies in food and culture ;6.ApesAfrica, CentralWildlife conservationAfrica, CentralApe meat industryAfrica, Centralafrican apes.african forests.american media.ape populations.ape slaughter.asian companies.bonobos.bush meat.central africa.chimpanzees.color photographs.commercial ape meat.conservation.consumption of animals.easy to read.endangered species.environmental loss.european companies.evolutionary relatives.expose piece.extinction.gorillas.great apes.karl ammann.logging.nonfiction.population collapse.primates.primatology.ApesWildlife conservationApe meat industry333.95/98/0967WT 2789rvkPeterson Dale1547680Ammann Karl510723MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778469303321Eating apes3804177UNINA