Vietnamese news on laodong.com.vn reports that a man was hospitalized after using tiger patella. Believing in the rumors that tiger patella helps reduce bone tension and improve man’s potency, the man bought a pair of tiger kneecaps at the price of more than one hundred million dong (nearly $5,000), He grinded the bone into powder […]
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Last week, a monk called ENV’s hotline to report about a loris which by chance came into the temple in Khanh Hoa province. ENV immediately informed the local Forestry Protection Department who collected the animal and released it back into the forest. Check out the photo below which shows the loris enjoying its freedom in
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It was reported last week on a Vietnamese news website (vnexpress.net) that local police in Quang Ngai province intercepted a suspicious car on the way to Binh Dinh province and exposed 94 frozen sea turtles weighing more than one ton.
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Vietnamese news on xaluan.com reports that a man was hospitalized after using bear bile back in September. At the beginning of this year, he started drinking bear bile mixed with wine in the hope of becoming stronger. However, after one month, he developed itches and came out in rashes. He became increasingly fatigued, lost his
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The last week has been eventful on the rhino front! We held rhino talks at two of Hanoi’s most famous universities. In cooperation with Green for Future Club, we met with more than 300 students at Vietnam Forestry University. They shared their ideas and participate in a debate on the protection of rhinos and how
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Vietnamese news on nhandan.com.vn reports that last week, Phu Yen authorities exposed a major pangolin trafficking case. Local traffic police tried to intercept a suspicious ambulance travelling north from Ho Chi Minh City, but the driver fled. Police gave chase and caught him, discovering 49 live pangolins inside the vehicle and confiscating them. The trafficker
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Vietnamese news on laodong.com.vn reports that yesterday, Vietnamese Customs uncovered yet another major elephant tusk trafficking case in Hai Phong. To avoid arrest, traffickers had hidden elephant tusks in parcels of snails. Authorities discovered 2.4 tons of tusks in the packages and confiscated them for further investigation.
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Last Friday more than 20 of our Da Nang volunteers met up at a local coffee shop to learn about wildlife, share their ideas and get to know each other. They listened to a seminar on pangolins and played games to learn more about the species and deepen their understanding of how pangolins can be
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Last week, Vietnamese Customs uncovered yet another serious pangolin trafficking case in Hai Phong city. Drawing on intelligence, the Customs Inspection Team checked a suspicious container and found cartons of de-scaled pangolins weighing nearly six tons beside that of frozen snappers. All the goods were confiscated for further investigation.
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Vietnamese news on thanhnien.com.vn reports that environmental police uncovered another wildlife trafficking case in Thua Thien Hue province last week. While patrolling the streets at night, police stopped a man suspected of trafficking wildlife by motorbike on the way to Hue. His haul weighed nearly 20 kilograms and included three keeled box turtles (Cuora mouhotii),
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