The European Parliament has called for legal penalties to be erected banning the sale, trade and consumption of bushmeat, which it says is causing a “worrying depletion of wildlife in (tropical) forests.”
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Approving a report by Irish socialist MEP Proinsias De Rossa, MEPs said a European Union (EU) “strategic action plan” should be created to fight to problem, most common in the Congo basin, where between 1 and 5 million tonnes of bushmeat is
produced.
Wildlife and nature conservation bodies should be strengthened and restrictions on the sale of high-powered rifles and associated ammunition should be imposed, said the report that will not legally commit EU institutions to any action.
