[WayneS]

Not really.

How would gorillas “decline to bush meat”.

I stand by my original statement. Grammatically, the sentence is nonsense.

[Osage Orange]

.......decline in population of these magnificent creatures to Ebola and bush meat,”

Bush meat means they were killed by local hunters....

I believe it's a colloquialism.........

fwiw-

[CzarNicky]

“Bush meat” comes from gorillas and other primates and is considered a delicacy in many parts of Africa even though it is more expensive than more conventional meats such as chicken. The gorillas are hunted down and slaughtered en mass due to the African mentality of destroy everything and somehow it will magically reappear, (see Rhodesia as an example)thus the populations of these animals is declining. This increase in numbers will give them some breathing room but the African need to learn to manage their resources otherwise they have just found more gorillas to waste.