In most cases the consumers of bushmeat are the combatants in the many wars and armed conflicts that are taking place in Africa. The refugees who have been displaced because of the fighting are also killing them for food. In Central Africa, Kinshasa's fanciest restaurants now offer chimpanzee and gorilla steaks on the menu. The going price for these are triple of beef, so hunters are driven by money to kill. China has a lucrative medicinal market for animal parts, including primate bones from which a wine is made.
Orangutans are the most at risk of the world's six species of apes.
They are found only in Borneo and Sumatra. One thousand are being killed yearly- only about 15,000 remain. In Indonesia loggers have destroyed national park headquarters and threatened scientists. 138 world primate species are in immediate danger of extinction. The obliteration and annihilation looks inevitable without immediate intervention.