JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Harvesting and eating exotic and endangered animals can play an important role in easing famine, says the Third World Wildlife Fund (TWWF) in a new report presented at the UN Conference on Sustainable Underdevelopment. Royal Payne, policy adviser at TWWF and editor of the report, predicts that by legitimizing the consumption of exotic animals, hunger can be eliminated in most Third World countries, not to mention taking many animals off the endangered species list.