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The "Wildlife Consumption and Ebola Infection" Book has explored the consumption of monkeys and bats in Tombel and Bamenda towns respectively. This academic piece of work explains how these wildlife species are still highly consumed even as Ebola disease outbreak has occurred in some parts of Sub-Saharan Africa from the consumption. Despite the Cameroon Government public health education campaigns and the heavy wildlife hunting penalties targeting the prevention of the long standing wildlife consumption, the meat of monkeys and bats still remain a delicacy in some parts of Cameroon. The extreme poverty in many parts of Cameroon has very much prevented and deprived Cameroonian society from the accessibility of healthy food-choices. An average Cameroonian is educated and many people already know about the health risk and cost of contracting viral diseases like Ebola in consuming monkeys and bats, however, the determination for consumption is a severe health problem and challenge.
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Dr. Melle Ekane Maurice was born in 1974 in Muaku, Bangem Sub Division. He is an Associate Professor in Wildlife Management and Head of Dep. of Forestry and Wildlife Management in University of Buea, Republic of Cameroon. He has published many books and scientific articles in wildlife management, wildlife ecological conservation, wildlife habitat.
