{"id":46879,"date":"2020-07-16T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T09:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=46879"},"modified":"2020-07-16T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T10:08:39","slug":"bushmeat-in-africa-and-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/bushmeat-in-africa-and-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushmeat in AFRICA and India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s rife all over Africa and India<br \/>\nLocal protein seemingly on tap<br \/>\nHunters selling  victims to the locals<br \/>\nSome really gruesome Stuff and there\u2019s no cap<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a free for all  specially in Ghana<br \/>\nAnd in NAGALAND in India where they<br \/>\nServe charred monkey hands<br \/>\nAnd sacks of dogs AwaitIng<br \/>\nSlaughter<br \/>\n at the roadside<br \/>\nOn sale every day<\/p>\n<p>As many as 80  millIon Cane  Rats<br \/>\nEvery year are eaten<br \/>\nIn Ghana they are a favourite<br \/>\nIn Kumasi it is clear<br \/>\nSomeone singes the hair off<br \/>\nand scrubs away the soot<br \/>\nAnd the locals rather like it<br \/>\nBut what else is afoot<br \/>\nZoonotic diseases viruses abound<br \/>\nAnd the deeper into the jungle<br \/>\nWhere much of this is found<br \/>\nAnd no sanitary measures<br \/>\nMonkeys seemingly<br \/>\nAlong with antelopes and pangolins<br \/>\nAnd snakes it seems to me<\/p>\n<p>They actually like the flavour<br \/>\nAnd when its wild they feel<br \/>\nSeeing that Farming isn\u2019t that good<br \/>\nThat bush meat has appeal<br \/>\nCivets, Colombos and elephants<br \/>\nIt seems the trunk tastes good<br \/>\nFruit bats are more common than Birds<br \/>\nThough some wading birds could<br \/>\nBe eaten at a scratch tis said<br \/>\nAnd anything else around<br \/>\nIt seems they will eat anything<br \/>\nIf it walks on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all down to self interest<br \/>\nThey think of number one<br \/>\nThey indulge themselves<br \/>\nThey Spoil themselves<br \/>\nSitting in the sun<br \/>\nEating all these smoked joints<br \/>\nThey say makes them feel<br \/>\nStronger and more with it<br \/>\nThey just love their bushmeat meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s rife all over Africa and India Local protein seemingly on tap Hunters selling victims to the locals Some really gruesome Stuff and there\u2019s no cap It\u2019s a free for all specially in Ghana And in NAGALAND in India where &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/07\/bushmeat-in-africa-and-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344,173,194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abandonment","category-activism","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46879"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46883,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46879\/revisions\/46883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}