A new study analysing 40 years of wildlife trade data has found that such practices significantly increase the risk of pathogen transmission between animals and humans. Researchers noted that wild mammals are 1.5 times more likely to share infectious agents with humans, with illegal wildlife trade further heightening the threat

The conflict involves the world’s largest known group of wild Ngogo chimpanzees community in Kibale National Park, where a once closely bonded group has fractured into opposing sides