Critter News

MARCH 22, 2010

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. Tags: vietnam exotic meats wildlife trafficking bush meat endangered species. But the problem is the high demand for these products. From Vietnam News.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) Since the demand continues, so does the trafficking.". Tags: wildlife trafficking us endangered species. And here I've been yelling at China all this time. (Be From Alternet.org.

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Critter News

MAY 16, 2009

Over 1,000 animals were rescued, including 500 bull finches and 300 picoplats, The rescued wildlife also included monkeys, parrots, macaws and other species from Venezuela. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime trafficking. There was also over 400 lbs of "wild meat" (I don't want to know what that could be!).

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2009

Brazilian federal police arrested 72 people on Wednesday on suspicion of running an international smuggling ring that traded half a million wild animals, including jaguars and monkeys, each year. Tags: wildlife crime smuggling brazil trafficking latin america.

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