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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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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

10,000 Birds

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. The mission of wildlife rehabilitators is to return injured birds to the sky, or the sea, or wherever it is they came from. Soon the girls emerged. said Bau-Hien.

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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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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

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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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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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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?