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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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From Vietnam News. 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. Sounds just awful.

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Baby Tiger Victim of Wildlife Trade

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Tags: wildlife crime vietnam wildlife trafficking Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers endangered species.

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Man Arrested with Frozen Tigers and Panther in House

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This happened in Vietnam. Tags: wildlife smuggling vietnam wildlife trafficking tigers panthers. The guy was clearly trafficking in illegal parts as there were about 50 kg of bones belonging to other tigers.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. ” Even more strangely, the U.S. George Rippon (1861-1927), a member of the British Army in India and Burma. The majority (63%) were recorded in locations outside the species’ range.

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Singapore a Transit Hub for Trafficking

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Seems like every other month I post an article about some SE Asian country being a " hub" for wildlife trafficking (eg. Vietnam, Malaysia.) Tags: singapore wildlife crime wildlife trafficking asia. How many more are there?

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Yikes! Two TONS of Snakes & Tortoises Seized

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Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday. Acting on a tip, police intercepted the boat Wednesday on the Bassac River in southeastern Cambodia just before it crossed into Vietnam.

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Interpol Makes Arrests in Tiger Smuggling

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The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.