Changing attitudes

摘要

The quickest way to end hunting is to step up anti-poaching patrols, confiscate and destroy illegal bushmeat and clamp down on illegal firearms. But in the long term, it is vital to change people's attitudes towards apes. "Most if not all people know it's illegal to kill gorillas, but they don't care because there is no law enforcement and they are not punished," says Thomas Breuer, who works for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in the Republic of the Congo.