By: OSUNSINA I. O.; INAH E. I.; ONADEKO S. A.; ADEGBITE D. A.; OGUNJINMI A. A.; JAYEOLA O. A.;
Abstract:
The study was conducted to identify the medicinal values of some selected animal species in villages around some
Nigeria National Parks. Interview was carried out in forty (40) villages around the Parks to determine the animals being
utilized by the villagers, the various uses of the animals and the parts used for the various purposes. Four hundred (400)
people were interviewed altogether in the villages. The data gathered were summarized in tables. The animals being
used for medicinal purposes in the study sites belong to 3 classes, 14 orders, 27 families and 40 species. The animal
species were being used in curing diseases such as pile, cough, epilepsy, hemorrhage, rheumatism and cancer. The study
concluded that the use of wild animals as alternative therapy is still common in the rural area. There is need to
adequately promote the sustainable use of these wild animals so that the species will not be driven to the point of
extinction due to over exploitation.
Keywords: Wild animals; Alternative therapy; Nigeria National Park; Support Zone Communities.
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