October 31, 2011
If the current state of zero accountability for wildlife protection continues, other species will follow the rhino to extinction Participants watch projected images including of smuggled rhino horns (R) seized during a press conference on the launch of a rhino population survey report in Vietnam in Hanoi on October 25. A critically endangered species [...]
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October 8, 2011
South African protesters hold signs during a demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in Pretoria on September 22, calling on the government to stop poachers from killing rhinos for their horns. A plan to legalize the rhino horn trade in South Africa has drawn flak from experts concerned the move would be a setback for conservation [...]
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July 30, 2011
NGOs can provide information if authorities are brave and willing to take action against well-known criminals An Indochinese tiger, Mi, carries a cub at the Hanoi Zoo. Experts say Vietnam continues to be a regional hub for illegal trade in tiger parts, pushing the creature close to extinction. Ten days before the world observes [...]
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July 19, 2011
The male gaur (Bos gaurus) grazes with a cow near a village of the Raglay ethnic people in Ninh Thuan Province’s Phuoc Binh National Park. A large gaur grazing near a residential area alongside domestic cows in Ninh Thuan Province offers a unique opportunity for extensive research and better conservation of the endangered species, [...]
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February 12, 2011
Vo Ngoc Thanh is about to release the green sea turtle into the sea A fisherman in the central province of Binh Dinh Thursday released a rare green sea turtle weighing more than 70 kilograms back into the wild. Vo Ngoc Thanh, 45, said he caught the animal, officially known as Chelonia mydas, while fishing [...]
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February 7, 2010
A fisherman caught a white shark weighing over one ton while he was fishing in inshore waters off the coast of Phu Yen Province in the central region on Thursday. Sixty-year-old Nguyen Trong from Xuan Hai Commune said he found the giant fish, which was five meters long, stuck in his seine at around 6 [...]
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January 10, 2010
A Black-shranked douc, listed as critically endangered in Vietnam, near Jungle Beach Endangered species hunted by poachers find an unlikely friend north of Nha Trang. When heâs not tending to his duties as the owner of Jungle Beach, one of central Vietnamâs most secluded beach resorts, Sylvio Larmache spends his days looking after his langurs.In [...]
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December 5, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The most beautiful postcards and landscape paintings or photo-graphs come to life with just one glimpse of Cham Island. Fishing for compliments: Boats at Cu Lao Cham.Strung along in the shape of mermaid, the eight islets that form the island are lush green paradises fringed by pristine white-sand beaches and blue waters.Individually, they [...]
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November 13, 2009
Tourists are largely unaware they are breaking local and international law when buying bear bile in Vietnam. Quang Ninh Province environmental police recently raided Viet Thai, one of the six known bear bile farms in the province, and caught nine people, including two South Koreans, engaged in the extraction of bear bile last month.The incident [...]
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November 9, 2009
LookAtVietnam – The seizure of two frozen tigers last week only scratches the surface of widespread wildlife trafficking in Vietnam, an international expert has said. “The number of seizures of tigers in Vietnam has increased and this is highlighting just what a problem it is,” said Thomas Osborn, Vietnam Forest Trade Officer of the wildlife [...]
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