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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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Dr Scott Roberton, head of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said that hunting wild animals for meat and trafficking had been happening in many countries, especially developing ones. Among them, stag and wild boar accounted for around 70 per cent of the consumed meat, followed by turtle, snake, fox and porcupine. Sounds just awful.

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Primate Parts Still Being Used for "Medicinal Purposes"

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It's not just tiger parts and elephant tusks that are being used for so called "traditional" medicinal uses. I knew about bush meat, but not about this. Tags: traditional medicine poaching primates endangered species. I didn't know primates were in demand too. Will it ever end?

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