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. 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.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. Once an animal has been carved up, meat looks like meat and leather looks like leather. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law?
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
Thai Highway Police in Sa Kaeo province have rescued 24 baby crab-eating monkeys, arresting a Thai driver and five undocumented Cambodians attempting to smuggle the endangered species to Cambodia, where they were destined for cooking pots in.Chinese specialty restaurants in Cambodia.
Critter News
JULY 24, 2009
Tags: africa bush meat congo gorillas endangered species cameroon.
Critter News
JULY 13, 2009
Illegal trade in tiger meat and bones is also alive, continuing to threaten the extinction of an already depleted species, he said. Tags: wildlife smuggling Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers exotic meat china endangered species.
Critter News
MARCH 29, 2010
I knew about bush meat, but not about this. Tags: traditional medicine poaching primates endangered species. It's not just tiger parts and elephant tusks that are being used for so called "traditional" medicinal uses. I didn't know primates were in demand too. Will it ever end?
Critter News
FEBRUARY 27, 2011
Disgusting. Sometimes it's hard to read these stories. It makes one feel so helpless.
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