Wildlife trade monitoring organization Traffic has released a report stating that refugees in East Africa are killing wild animals such as buffaloes and zebras due to a lack of food.

From the BBC:

In its 60-page report, Traffic says the refugees are turning to wildlife because agencies supplying food are not providing meat.

“The scale of wild meat consumption in East African refugee camps has helped conceal the failure of the international community to meet basic refugee needs,” said the report’s principal author Dr George Jambiya.

“Relief agencies are turning a blind eye to the real cause of poaching and illegal trade - a lack of meat protein in refugees’ rations.”

Click here for the entire report.

The global trade in wildlife trafficking is valued at $20 billion.