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On June 7th, when operating a geo survey in Ho Chi Minh City, the ENV team found a Green Sea Turtle being illegally kept as pet in a cafe in District 3 of the city.

In May 2013, ENV received an email from a British tourist reporting two long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) being kept in cages outside a catholic church in Tien Giang Province, Southern Vietnam. ENV transferred the information to local FPD to handle the case.      

On May 29th and June 4th, with the help of the enthusiastic volunteers, ENV continued the telephone campaign targeting bear farm owners in Vietnam. We made more than 200 phone calls to bear farm owners all over the country to collect new statistic of captive bears, and to send a message owners persuading them to

In March 2013, ENV’s field officers recorded 18 facilities in Nghe An Province, Central Vietnam, displaying bear bile advertising sign boards.

ENV has been working hard in Da Nang City to spread the message of wildlife protection with a volunteer meeting and hanging awareness banners in five markets.  

The ENV Ho Chi Minh Team completed comprehensive wildlife trade surveys of consumer establishments in Ward 10 yesterday. Survey teams found violations in 28 of 120 establishments that were inspected which included restaurants, markets, pet shops, TCM shops, and bars.

An infant red shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus) was transferred safely to the Endangered Primate Rescue Center – Cuc Phuong National Park in Nothern Vietnam on May 28th, thanks to a call to ENV’s hotline.

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  On May 22, ENV held a wildlife trade exhibit at Hanoi’s Botanical Gardens as a part of Biodiversity Day.

Last week ENV coordinated a bear protection campaign in Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province, Central Vietnam. This district is widely recognized as one of the country’s bear farming “hotspots.”