December 27, 2011
A tiger head is found among many wildlife parts at houses in Ho Chi Minh City Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday arrested two locals to investigate their endangered wildlife trade. Bang Tien Quan, 37, on December 13 was caught by police buying a tiger skeleton weighing 9.4 kilograms from Ha Van [...]
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December 3, 2011
An image of the Javan Rhino that is believed to extinct in Vietnam. A traveling exhibition to raise awareness of wildlife protection was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday, targeting 40 secondary schools with more than 20,000 students and teachers in the city. The “SOS traveling exhibition – Education on wildlife product consumption” [...]
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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 24, 2011
Planned road projects threaten a population of endangered gibbons that could save the species This undated photo handout released by Conservation International shows three northern white-cheeked crested gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) at an undisclosed location in Vietnam. The lively morning calls of the rare species of gibbon have led to the discovery of the only [...]
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July 15, 2011
One of four dragonfly stamps released Monday by Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation. Vietnam Posts and Telecommunication Corporation on Monday published a collection of dragonfly stamps to promote wildlife protection in Vietnam. Â The VND21,500 (US$1) collection aims to introduce to the public the insect species and raise public awareness of wildlife preservation, news website [...]
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July 4, 2011
One of the 12 hawksbill sea turtles released Thursday in Ninh Thuan Province. Wildlife activists on Thursday released 12 critically endangered turtles, seized from a popular tourism area into the sea in the central province of Ninh Thuan. On June 20, the Suoi Tien Cultural Park handed over the hawksbill sea turtles to the Cu [...]
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June 27, 2011
Julia Shaw appears to be just another tourist on Mui Ne’s golden beach. Her open smile, lush blond hair and tan lines do nothing to belie your suspicions. Sailing instructors train students in waters off the coast of Mui Ne Until you find out she’s the brains behind Mui Ne’s first sailing school. The [...]
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June 17, 2011
A wildlife trade management agency has asked the Drug Administration of Vietnam to withdraw the license of a massage gel which contains bile extracted from endangered bears, a news website reported Tuesday. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)’s management agency in Vietnam said the Gau Misa [...]
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