Critter News

JUNE 25, 2010

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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Tigers Vietnam Trafficking illegal 100

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MAY 20, 2014

Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. , yanked the steering wheel to the right, slammed on my brakes, grabbed my binoculars, and threw myself out of the car. Soon the girls emerged. said Bau-Hien.

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Whatever was omitted or incorrect in the first is fixed in the second.

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Asia Laos Myanmar Indonesia 235

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Posing on the – surprisingly numerous – ruins of buildings here at this altitude gives them a bit of an aura of extras in a Vietnam movie. The Snow Pigeons here are quite shy. Olive-backed Pipits are found at slightly lower altitudes … … than Rosy Pipits (which do not strike me as being particularly rosy).

China 264

China Vietnam Birds Fast Food 264

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Tags: vietnam laos endangered species.

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Laos Species Vietnam Endangered Species 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

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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Tortoises Cambodia Vietnam Pythons 100

Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

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

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Tigers Wildlife Trafficking Vietnam 100

Critter News

APRIL 1, 2010

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

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Trafficking Singapore Vietnam Malaysia 100

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2010

It's great that they were saved, but t hey arrived at the rescue center in wretched condition. Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Again, the China connection. I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.

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Bears Rescue Farming Taiwan 100

Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

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.

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Tigers International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW Nepal 100

Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

The most famous example of military dogs is the Vietnam dogs who faithfully served American soldiers and then were abandoned to unknown fates after we left the country. We chain them, use them for experiments, eat them in some countries and make them wear funny sweaters in others. But the grand tradition continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Iraq Afghanistan Dogs Vietnam 100

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MARCH 11, 2024

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.

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Burma India Thailand Indonesia 244

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DECEMBER 21, 2014

It inhabits rather dry areas within a region notorious for being one of the rainiest parts of the world, and is thus patchily distributed from Burma through Laos, Cambodia, parts of Thailand and south China, all the way to Vietnam. Then there is a gap of around 2,000 km (or 1,200 miles). Surprise, surprise.

Burma 171

Burma Laos Cambodia Indonesia 171

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Little Green Bee-eater Little Green Bee-eater by Adam Riley This is one of the world’s most widespread bee-eaters, occurring from Senegal in the west to Vietnam in the east, but with its range restricted to a fairly narrow latitudinal belt across Africa and Asia.

Africa 266

Africa Gabon Uganda South Africa 266

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JUNE 1, 2016

The open areas held Hadeda Ibis , a large and noisy bird familiar to anyone that has been to Africa, and also a rather fine Woolly-necked Stork , a bird that’s a rare treat where I first saw them in Vietnam but are an increasing resident in the city. Hadeda Ibis Woolly-necked Stork.

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South Africa Africa Vietnam Geese 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

It sent more than 300,000 troops to help us in Vietnam, was a quick and generous supporter of Desert Storm in 1991, and for several years had the third-largest deployment of troops in Iraq, following our invasion of that country five years ago. This issue also needs to be placed in a broader context.

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New York Times South Korea New York Iraq 40

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JUNE 24, 2024

To be fair, this post will not focus on them – there will be a separate post on pittas of Southern Vietnam and another on kingfishers. Its range as indicated in the HBW is extremely small – just a few spots in Southern Vietnam and a little bit of Cambodia – and it is listed as Near Threatened.

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Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

In 1974 we shipped four times as much food to Cambodia and South Vietnam as to starving Bangladesh and Swahelian Africa. The government’s policy has been (and it is likely that it will continue to be) to sell grain to those countries that are able to pay and to those countries in whom we perceive our national security interest.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

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JANUARY 20, 2022

The location not being Algiers but rather Nonggang in Guangxi province, China, close to the border to Vietnam. A very rural place, few people, and a landscape more reminiscent of coastal Northern Vietnam than most parts of China. This is just such a post.

China 258

China Vietnam Asia Birds 258

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JULY 19, 2018

now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 4 Vietnam (8.3 % – 826 sp. / Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 801-1000 sp. – 1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India.

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Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 235

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MARCH 25, 2024

It was like that when I went to school, why wouldn’t it work for birds … If you saw a paper titled “Road Crossing by Birds in a Tropical Forest in Northern Vietnam”, would you – like me – also immediately visualize cute tiny traffic lights and small birds lining up and waiting in front of them?

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Burma Vietnam Birds Laos 241

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JANUARY 3, 2015

Other main wintering sites include Macau, Vietnam and Hong Kong. It has a number of favoured wintering sites of which Taiwan is the most popular, harbouring around 60% of the world’s population. It was in Hong Kong, at the Mai Po reserve, that I had my encounters with Black-faced Spoonbills.

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Taiwan North Korea Vietnam 2003 240

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Sometimes you gain armchair big ticks, like the White-tailed Blue-flycatcher I saw in Uganda in 2005 which later turned out to be in the Stenostiridae, a recently erected family.

Family 171

Family Wombats Uganda Fiji 171

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nonggang is a rural place in Guangxi with a nice landscape somewhat reminiscent of coastal Northern Vietnam (well, it is not too far away). It is listed as Vulnerable, as its range is rather restricted, though it has been found outside of China as well, e.g., in Vietnam, though the HBW does not seem to have read that paper yet.

China 147

China Vietnam Monkeys Birds 147

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Napo is a county in the West of Guangxi, bordering both Yunnan and Vietnam. It is about 3 hours by car from Nanning airport, which in turn can be reached from Shanghai in a 2.5-hour hour flight.

China 147

China Hunting Birds illegal 147

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MAY 1, 2016

The White Wagtail Motacilla alba , or the taxonomic entity formerly known as “White Wagtail”, comprises a complex of 9 differently-looking forms which have some white in their plumage, wag their tail and inhabit all of Eurasia from eastern Greenland and Morocco to western-most Alaska and northern Vietnam.

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Germany Sharks Morocco Asia 100

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MAY 13, 2024

The kind of place that will be completely uninhabitable for birds in about 5 years, if Vietnam continues developing and if my usual pessimism is justified. ” One of the tour companies replied, “We do not have female bird guides in Vietnam, but we have female assistant staff and there are many services in Vietnam for fun.”

Vietnam 224

Vietnam Zebras Birds Dissection 224

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

If I pay my taxes during the Vietnam war, does this mean I am tacitly supporting the war? It is certainly not clear what one gives one’s tacit consent to in following a practice. If I visit Arlington Cemetery, do I give my tacit consent to the various wars that produced the graves? Certainly not. It certainly is not clear that it does.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

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.

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China Birds Emotional Vietnam 189

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DECEMBER 30, 2024

I have a strong suspicion that the person who named the Collared Laughingthrush only had a black-and-white photo available when deciding on the name. Otherwise, why focus on the (not even very distinctive) collar in such a colorful bird?

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Vietnam Birds 246

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DECEMBER 16, 2024

While Cat Tien has the Black-and-red Broadbill (and some others that I did not see), Di Linh has two other species of broadbill – both also very attractive. The first is the Silver-breasted Broadbill.

Vietnam 246

Vietnam Asia Cats Birds 246

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JANUARY 20, 2025

It is hard not to be sexist when you only see a female Fire-breasted Flowerpecker.

Vietnam 246

Vietnam Birds 246

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Cat Tien National Park is a protected area approximately 150 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City, and on weekends, it seems to be quite an attraction for young upper-middle-class Vietnamese.

Cats 246

Cats Vietnam Protection Experiments 246

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Germain’s Peacock-pheasant is one of the star attractions of Cat Tien NP. In particular, this is because it readily comes to the Cat Tien hides and can be seen well there despite the eBird remark that the species is “generally shy and reclusive and very difficult to see well.”

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Cats Vietnam Birds Species 130

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

You know, in my posts, I do the weave. You know what the weave is? I’ll talk about like two different things, like, Donald Trump and kingfishers, and they come back brilliantly together, and it’s like, friends of mine that are, like, waste managers, they say, “It’s the most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen.”

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Vietnam Birds 246