Table 1. Table of study sites included in research project.
Town | Number of interviews | Population | Distance from Antananarivo | ||||
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MC | R | M | SM | TI | |||
Antananarivo | 199 | 1501 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 1,054,649* | 0 km |
Ankazobe | 63 | - | 26 | - | - | 13,085* | 92 km |
Mahatsinjo | 58 | - | 4 | - | - | 15,000* | 177 km |
Andriba | 122 | - | 12 | - | - | 32,000* | 198 km |
Antsiafabositra | 70 | - | 5 | - | - | 8,328* | 243 km |
Tsararivotra | 32 | - | 5 | - | - | 496 km | |
Andrevorevo | 40 | - | - | 582 km | |||
Antsohihy | 60 | 2 | 17 | - | 1 | 105,317* | 668 km |
Ambanja | 55 | 2 | 23 | - | 8 | 28,468* | 865 km |
Ambilobe | 99 | - | 23 | - | 4 | 56,427* | 962 km |
Ankarana National Park | |||||||
Ambondromifehy | 30 | N/A | 5000 | ||||
Ampasinbengy | 30 | N/A | 1997 | ||||
Andranokoho | 33 | N/A | 2000 | ||||
Lambondry | 34 | N/A | 120 | ||||
Mahamasina | 28 | N/A | 650 | ||||
Marotaolana | 30 | N/A | 175 | ||||
Marovato | 30 | N/A | 400 | ||||
Matzaborimanga | 30 | N/A | 400 | ||||
Tsarakibany | 30 | N/A | 250 | ||||
Aniverano Nord | 90 | - | 15 | - | - | 15,000* | 1025 km |
Antsiranana | 180 | 9 | 193 | - | 30 | 87,569* | 1100 km |
Total: | 1343 | 163 | 354 | 3 | 61 |
The number of interviews completed at each study site are listed by interview type. The distance of population centers from Antananarivo are listed; Antananarivo was the southernmost population center included in this study while Antsiranana was the northernmost. Population estimates flagged with (*) are estimates retrieved from the Ilo database [29]. All other estimates were provided by locally elected officials. MC: meat consumption interview; R: restaurants; M: open-air markets; SM: supermarkets; TI: transportation interviews.
1150 restaurants were approached (105 in person and 45 by phone) for information regarding their history of wild meat; 140 restaurants had never sold wild meat and provided no additional information and 10 restaurants were given a full meat-seller interview.