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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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From Vietnam News. Over the last two years, authorities have discovered 57 cases of trafficking in wild animals involving more than 7,612 individuals including monkeys and Tibetan bears and elephant tusks. Tags: vietnam exotic meats wildlife trafficking bush meat endangered species. Sounds just awful.

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Moon Bears Rescued from Bile Farm in Vietnam

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Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. It's great that they were saved, but t hey arrived at the rescue center in wretched condition. Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Again, the China connection. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.

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Locked in Guangxi: An epidemic adventure, searching for birds

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For the Chinese New Year 2022 holidays, my girlfriend and I decided to visit the remote areas of Guangxi in the South of China, at the border to Vietnam. I asked myself while I was in the taxi on my way to the airport. Bird list (not exhaustive) based on IOC World Bird Names version 11.2:

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