The appeal was made in Douala on February 25, 2016, by the Livestock official for Wouri Division.

Apart from some people who consider pigs as unclean, pork is generally appreciated by many people in metropolitan Douala. According to statistics, 26,000 pigs were inspected and slaughtered in 2015 in the city, with an average of 73 every day. This is telling of the number of city dwellers who consume pork. The demand for pork has triggered modern slaughtering methods by most supermarkets, thus gradually drawing away clients of local butchers.

In a meeting in Douala with over 200 pig butchers from Wouri Division on Friday, February 25, 2016, the Divisional Delegate of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, Dr Guy Mimbang, urged them to form a cooperative. As a cooperative, Dr Mimbang said, they can easily solicit funds from national and international Non-governmental Organisations, companies and even the government. Such funds can be used in procuring modern equipment to help improve their trade, he pointed out.

With 38 sales points in Wouri, also classified as markets, unofficial figures indicate that over 200 pigs are slaughtered in the division every day. Since some of the butchers do not observe norms to the letter, hygiene and sanitation remain a major concern. Though butchers are supposed to slaughter at the New-Bell Slaughtering Slab before transporting the carcases to their various sales points, some butchers now slaughter along the road. But as a cooperative, slaughter houses can be constructed, better cold houses for conservation provided and good slabs for the sale of pork constructed.

Bopda Noutsegue Dayan, the leader of one of the pork markets in Douala III Council expressed optimism that as a cooperative, work conditions will improve and they will be able to compete with their supermarket counterparts. The Sub-Divisional Delegation of MINEPIA for Douala II, Alain Ghomsi, said good results await pig butchers who form a cooperative.