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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 […]

On October 18th, an informant called ENV’s hotline to report about a green sea turtle that was being kept in a temple in Bac Lieu province. ENV immediately liaised with the local Department of Capture Fisheries and Resource Protection and learned that the turtle was a gift that a group of Buddhists had given to

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

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

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

Here’s a good news story to round off the week! Back in April, an informant called the ENV hotline to report that a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) was being kept illegally in a parking lot in Ho Chi Minh City. Although ENV immediately informed the local Forest Protection Department, when they arrived at the site

As an important part of ENV’s targeted campaign to reduce rhino horn consumption in Vietnam, today our team organized a talk entitled “Rhinos cannot survive without horns” at the Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment. More than 200 students flocked to the session, building on the momentum from our delegates’ recent fact-finding trip to

By last count, there are 127 registered tigers in captivity in Vietnam, 31 at public zoos and rescue centers and 96 at nine privately owned establishments. Three of the private establishments have been directly linked to illegal trade of tigers while two more have been connected to other forms criminal activity in relation to wildlife.

Last week, Vietnamese news on cand.com.vn reported that a marine turtle was being kept at a house in An Giang province in southwestern Vietnam. On hearing about the case, ENV immediately contacted the local fisheries department, which visited the house and identified the reptile as a green turtle (Chelonia mydas), – an endangered marine species

Today we bring you more on what’s being done in Vietnam to spread the word about the international rhino crisis. Doan Hoang, one of the delegates on the recent trip to South Africa, is one of Vietnam’s best writers on environmental and wildlife issues. Since returning to Vietnam he has brought the power of the