The bushmeat trade kills millions of primates annually across Central and West Africa, with great apes and monkeys killed or captured in ways that cause significant suffering and threaten population viability.
Wire snare trapping causes painful, slow death or prolonged injury as animals attempt to free themselves. Primates are cognitively sophisticated enough to experience fear and distress during extended captivity. Infants captured after mothers are killed face severe psychological trauma from separation and the stress of captivity. The bushmeat trade operates on a massive scale with virtually no welfare consideration for individual animals.