But when we come to where the large significant populations are, which is the Congo basin, then we find that it's the bush meat trade that's the commercial hunting of wild animals for food.

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For breakfast, the poached emu steak is served with bacon, eggs, toast, baked beans and a sauce made from wild bush tomatoes.

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Even Mr Bush's wild past resonates: Amish teenagers are known to sow their oats before returning to the church.

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"We're already hearing stories about families living on at most one meal a day, children going into the bush to search for wild food and wild fruit, " Mr Lee told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

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