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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), […]

Vietnamese news on cand.com.vn reports today that two men were caught red-handed trading a 13 kilogram bear skeleton last week. After being interrogated by the police, the buyer admitted to having ordered the skeleton from a seller in District 12 at a price of 45 million Vietnamese dong.

Vietnamese news on baohaiquan.vn has reported that last week, Hai Phong Customs exposed a major smuggling crime in transit in Hai Phong city.     

Back in March, local police in Lai Chau province exposed an elusive trafficking case involving two Asiatic black bears. The men were arrested and the two bears were transferred to Tam Dao Bear Rescue Center.  

Last week, Vietnamese Customs uncovered yet another serious pangolin trafficking case in Hai Phong city. While checking suspicious parcels of frozen food, the Customs Inspection Team discovered cartons containing 3,040 kilograms of de-scaled whole pangolins, plus 990 kilograms of pangolin scales mixed with frozen squid and dried seahorses. All the goods were confiscated for further

Vietnamese news on xaluan.com has reported that local police in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province stopped a car two days ago and uncovered more than 261 kilograms of live pangolins. While the suspect managed to flee the scene, he left all the pangolins behind. Authorities confiscated them for further investigation and are continuing to pursue the

The South African Government reports that 704 of the country’s rhinos have now been killed by poachers since January this year, far exceeding the record of 668 in 2012. If this situation is not curbed, more than 800 rhinos may be dead by the end of December.  

Last week, Vietnamese news on nld.com.vn reported that a white-cheeked gibbon had died of electric shock after coming into contact with un-insulated power lines in Lo Go – Xa Mat National Park. Many other animals are understood to have met the same fate over the years. After hearing the story, the General Director of EVN

Back in March, local police in Gia Lai Province uncovered a major black-shanked douc langur trafficking case. Drawing on intelligence, they intercepted a suspicious car on the way from Dak Lak province to Kon Tum province and found 26 frozen black-shanked douc langurs and 82 dried skeletons of the same species. The men in the

Last week, Vietnamese news on cand.com.vn reported a serious crocodile trafficking case in Soc Trang province in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. At midnight on September 18, the local Forest Protection, Traffic Police and Environmental Police authorities intercepted a suspicious bus heading toward Ho Chi Minh City. They discovered seven boxes containing 316 pieces