Of meat and ritual: Consumptive and religious uses of pangolins in Mali

Perceptions and uses of pangolins (Pholidota) among remote rural communities in the Republic of the Congo: A baseline study from the Odzala‐Kokoua National Park

“…Ingram et al (2018) estimated that ~400 thousand pangolins are hunted in Central African forests each year for meat, with the most widespread and commonly available species on the bushmeat markets being the white‐bellied pangolin. In some West and Central African countries, pangolins also have a significant role in some traditional remedies and cultural activities (Boakye et al, 2014; D'Cruze et al, 2020; Fopa et al, 2020; Ingram et al, 2022; Mouafo et al, 2021; Nguyen & Roberts, 2020; Soewu et al, 2020; Soewu & Ayodele, 2009; Zanvo et al, 2021).…”

Contemporary wild meat hunting, consumption, and trade in Africa

“…In our first section, articles on changes in the dynamics of hunting, wild meat use and trade explore new knowledge of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on local livelihoods and household wild meat use (Kamogne Tagne et al, 2022), and urban market sales of species purported to be implicated in zoonotic disease spread (Harvey-Carroll et al, 2022). Furthermore, several papers in this section of the Special Issue investigate wild meat use in under-researched regions of north and west Africa, for example assessing the offtakes and impacts of hunting in forestsavannah mosaic landscapes (Sonhaye-Ouyé et al, 2022;Djagoun et al, 2022); highlighting the influence of modern online platforms (Atoussi et al, 2022a) and corruption (Atoussi et al, 2022b) in the current trade of wildlife; and showing that despite significant social and religious change, local wildlife still represents a component of traditional remedies, fetish objects, and artist representations (Ingram et al, 2022).…”

Rediscovery of the endangered giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) in Senegal after 24 years

“…Subsequently, two sightings were recorded as part of the ecological monitoring conducted in the park in June 1999 at Simenti (PNNK, 2018). Since then, there has been no documented information on its presence in Senegal despite several large‐scale camera‐trap surveys conducted in Niokolo National Park (Table 1), although it has been identified in the sub‐region, in bordering countries Mali, Guinea and Sierra Leone (Ingram et al., 2022).…”