Tengwood Organization is trying to help stop the illegal trade in wildlife. We are currently working in Switzerland on a study of bushmeat smuggling into Swiss Airports, which will help document the problem of wild meat being illegally smuggled into Europe. A study in 2010 in Paris estimated that over 270 tonnes are smuggled each year into Charles de Gaulle airport. Our study is the first to look at this problem in Switzerland.

In 2012, with the help of Swiss customs and Swiss veterinary authorities (BVET), we were busy collecting tissue samples at Zürich Flughafen and Genève Aèroport which were analyzed by the University of Zürich’s Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Forensische Genetik to identify species. Our sample collection was complete at the end of 2012 and analysis of the data followed shortly thereafter. We are currently writing up the results and anticipate our findings to be published in a scientific journal in the near future.

In the meantime, our bushmeat study was recently featured in the News. Visit our NEW media page to find links to the stories!