Its deep seated in the culture
\nIn the tradition of a place
\nIn Africa it is illegal
\nAnd these days a disgrace
\nWild and feral animals
\nThe sick ones too can be
\nVictims in the killing
\nWhich is why now purposefully<\/p>\n
The authorities are adament
\nThe practice has to be
\nOutlawed it can spread disease
\nWith ebola ranging free
\nThe use of bats and primates
\nAnd the preparers they
\nAre At risk from the diseases
\nHappening today<\/p>\n
Bushmeat Calls out problems
\nTo biodiversity
\nPoverty brings out the need
\nAnd commercial actvity
\nSnares and traps and nets and arrows
\nThe gun of course as well
\nBring down the wild creatures
\nAnd create a living hell<\/p>\n
Its the protein they are after
\nAncestral food preferred
\nWhere nutrition is a problem
\nIs where mostly its occurrred
\nThe law is very lazy
\nAnd in every market we
\nSee hordes and hordes of bush meat
\nIts there apparently<\/p>\n
When its been cooked
\nIts safe to eat
\nIts the butchers that take the can
\nParticulaly using fruit bats
\nThere ought to be a ban
\nBut ebola’s in the shadows
\nDormant waiting to
\nInfect the unsuspecting
\nFor that is what they do<\/p>\n
The carnivores are suffering
\nAs prey animals are caught
\nAnd then they go for domesticated animals
\nIn short
\nGunned down by the Walters Palmer’s
\nDotted around the place
\nWilling to shoot at anything
\nThat is going to show their face<\/p>\n
The emphasis is on hunters
\nOn poachers and the rest
\nAnd these so called local killers
\nTheir action is far from blessed
\nCommercially they are profitting
\nAnd individually too
\nAnd risking the lives of many
\nBy tranmitting disease all through<\/p>\n
Despites the risks the clamour
\nIn the markets it is there
\nPangolins rats and fruit bats
\nAnd monkeys everywhere
\nCooked up smoked whatever
\nThis black mixture seemingly
\nApparently like gold dust
\nAnd it sells out instantly<\/p>\n
The law makers must realise
\nThe losses are immense
\nPoverty is forcing some
\nto forgo any sense
\nWest Africa is reeling
\nThe feral scene on fire
\nExistence and expectation
\nLooks and feels so dire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Its deep seated in the culture In the tradition of a place In Africa it is illegal And these days a disgrace Wild and feral animals The sick ones too can be Victims in the killing Which is why now … Continue reading