The environment police have arrested a man in HCM City for allegedly trading endangered animals online. A photo posted on facebook by Phan Huynh Anh Khoa. They caught Phan Huynh Anh Khoa, 22, owner of a pet shop in Tan Binh District, red-handed selling nine oriental small-clawed otters and a red-shanked douc to a customer at a coffee shop in Tan Binh last Thursday. The National Environment Police - Southern branch and the Wildlife Conservation Society and Education for Nature-Vietnam found in his shop more endangered animals, including two tegu lizards, three savannah lizards, two squirrels, and a crocodile. Khoa told them that he had bought most of the animals in Thailand and sold them as pets at his shop. The police said despite being fined several times in the past for wildlife trading, he continued to advertise the sale of wild animals online. The seized animals were handed over to the Cu Chi Wildlife Rescue Station. The police are continuing with their investigation. … [Read more...] about Online wildlife trader arrested in HCM City
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Wildlife exhibition opens
(Cinet) – On December 03, the opening ceremony "SOS travelling exhibition - Education to protect wildlife from illegal sales" took place in Minh Duc Secondary School, District 1, HCMC. The exhibition provided a good opportunity for students and teachers to gain useful information about the illegal consumption of wildlife products in Ho Chi Minh City. It also aimed to encouarage students to become actively involved in campaigns to save Vietnam’s wildlife from extinction. The event, organised jointly by Wildlife At Risk (WAR), the Ho Chi Minh city Department of Education and Training, and the Forest Protection Agency. In 2012, SOS travelling exhibition tent will be moved to 40 secondary schools in the HCM city with about 20,000 students and teachers are visiting. The exhibition will run until the end of 2012. … [Read more...] about Wildlife exhibition opens
WWF calls for wildlife protection
WWF calls for wildlife protectionVan Ly The World Wide Fund for Nature in Vietnam, better known as WWF Vietnam, on Wednesday joined forces with Hanoi Young Business Association to organize a seminar to call for Vietnamese entrepreneurs and German businesses active in the country to join hands in the protection of endangered wildlife. Over the years, Vietnam has been known as a transhipment point and a large consumption market for products from endangered wildlife, including rhino horns. Van Ngoc Thinh, country director of WWF Vietnam, said the high demand for using products from wild animals has resulted in the fast extinction of endangered species. Therefore, the Vietnamese and German business communities’ efforts and commitment to combating illegal consumption of wild animals are highly appreciated, Thinh added. Nguyen Viet Hung, financial director of B. Braun Vietnam Co Ltd, says the company aims to carry out activities to boost environmental protection by using natural … [Read more...] about WWF calls for wildlife protection
Wildlife photographer captures rhino suffering to win award
Wildlife photographer captures rhino suffering to win awardMic Smith Wildlife photographer of the year winner Brent Stirton says he visited over 30 rhino poaching scenes before he could a find dead carcass that portrayed the rhino’s suffering in the last hours of life. Stirling said the black rhino bull had fallen to its knees from a high calibre bullet wound and the arterial spray showed it was still alive while its horn was hacked off. “People should understand that rhinos often suffer greatly in this situation. Very few die straight away, most are alive but helpless when the poachers come upon them and a great many of them die after their horns have been removed.” Stirling was trying to create an image that showed the complete humiliation of a magnificent animal, a bull rhino stripped without mercy of its rhino-hood while on its knees. “When you see the rhino in this way, you see the blood factor, the supplication on its knees, it’s the complete … [Read more...] about Wildlife photographer captures rhino suffering to win award
In Vietnam, wildlife vet talks saving poached rhinos
Editor’s note: Tuoi Tre News talked to Dr. William Fowlds, a wildlife veterinarian and project coordinator of the Wilderness Foundation Africa, which works to rescue poached rhinos and give them back their lives. According to the Wilderness Foundation Africa, if the current poaching rate continues, it is p ossible that this year will see more rhinos killed than born. If this trend goes on then it is also possible that by 2025 African rhinos in the wild will have become extinct. The bloody images of rhinos that have been poached for their horns have touched people, as most of them eventually died. However, among the poached rhinos, some have been lucky enough to survive with the help of rescue teams and wildlife veterinarians in South Africa.Dr. Fowlds was attending a seminar titled “Conservation & Business: Creating a Legac” hosted by the Wilderness Foundation Africain Ho Chi Minh City on November 29, when he agreed to sit down for an interview with Tuoi Tre … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, wildlife vet talks saving poached rhinos