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| Izah, S.C.; Seiyaboh, E.I. | |
| Challenges of wildlife with therapeutic properties in Nigeria; a conservation perspective | |
| 2018 International Journal of Avian & Wildlife Biology (3): 252-257 | |
are of global significance. Wildlife including mammals, amphibians, avian fauna, reptiles etc has been wildly studied probably due to their food and medicinal potentials. In Nigeria the practice of Zootherapy exists among traditional medicine practitioners, though some people considered it as superstition. Several parts of some wildlife have been reported to have medicinal potentials against several human diseases. But in the recent time the wildlife species are under threat due to habitats destruction, excessive exploitation, quest for bush meat. These have made some of the wildlife found in Nigerian forest to be rear. This is also affecting the practice of Zootherapy because of the increase in prices of animals parts especially the rear species. The study concludes by suggesting the need to manage the environmental factors leading to loss of biodiversity in the forest by the appropriate agencies. The implementation of several international conventions and legislations protecting biodiversity in which Nigeria is part of, as well as national and traditional/customary convention protecting certain biodiversity needs to be enforced. |
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