November 2013

Raising awareness with Vietnam’s youth: a bright future for the bears?

Last month, our bear team was out and about in Phuc Tho district, Hanoi, with a series of awareness-raising activities for local residents about bear protection. Over 3,000 students from Ngoc Tao and Phuc Tho high schools enthusiastically took part and answered our surveys. The photo below was shown to students to encourage them to

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New public service announcement reveals sickening truth of illegal rhino horn trade

Hanoi, November 6, 2013 – Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV), WildAid, and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have released a striking new public service announcement (PSA) illustrating the horrific consequences of the increasing demand for illegal rhino horn in countries including Vietnam. The PSA, “The Sickening Truth,” carries a warning since it contains explicit

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New tactics for wildlife trafficking

Vietnamese news on hpcustoms.gov.vn reports that Hai Phong authorities have exposed an elephant tusk trafficking case. Whilst checking some suspicious looking parcels of cow horns, Vietnamese Customs in cooperation with the Scanner Inspection Team uncovered 21 elephant tusks. In an effort to evade apprehension, criminals had modified the elephant tusks by adjusting their size to

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Wildlife trafficking network from Cambodia to Vietnam exposed

Vietnamese news on dantri.com.vn reports that local police in Tay Ninh province uncovered a wildlife trafficking network from Cambodia to Vietnam. After analyzing intelligence, they believed that criminals were conducting a wildlife trafficking operation from within Tay Ninh. On October 29th, the authorities searched the suspicious places and confiscated 9 kilograms of turtles, 11 kilograms

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