same or higher prices than comparable beef. Fresh game meat, when 
available, sells readily at prices comparable to beef. During 1962. 
for example, in the cities of Bulawayo and Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 
130,000 pounds of fresh game meat and 36,000 pounds of dried meat were 
sold (Department of Wild Life Conservation and Federal Veterinary Ser¬ 
vices, 1963). Game meat, including hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius ) 
has been canned on a small-scale experimental basis and has found ready 
acceptance by Europeans and Americans. 
During the recent United Nations mission to East and Central Africa 
the author and other members ate meat from over a dozen species of wild 
ungulates. In most cases it was difficult to differentiate between the 
game meat and high quality meat from domestic livestock. Wild animals 
properly killed, butchered, and handled do not have the strong M garney" 
taste often associated with game meat shot and prepared by sportsmen. 
The strong garney flavour comes from meat partly spoiled or tainted 
through poor shooting, improper cleaning and bleeding, allowing the meat 
to contact hair and visceral contents, and insufficient cooling and 
hanging. Given the same ill-treatment, prime beef will also have a 
garney taste which would require strong spices to cover. 
Properly prepared, the meat of virtually all wild ungulates is as 
satisfactory and desirable for human consumption as that of domestic 
livestock. 
Byproducts 
In addition to the high quality meat there are various other animal 
products provided by game harvesting. The hides of zebras and some other 
animals have a ready, high priced market overseas. Prime zebra hides, 
for example, are sold by the game harvesters in East and Central Africa 
at a wholesale price of 7 or 8 pounds sterling ($19.60 - $22.40). Ivory 
from elephants (Loxodonta africana ) is particularly valuable and has long 
been a substantial source of income for the various governments involved. 
The horns of some animals are readily sold for specialty markets, and 
various other trophies, including hippo teeth, elephant, giraffe and 
wildebeest tails, and some hoofs, all produce significant byproduct 
income. 
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