Eating red book’s wildlife now in fashion among the rich

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Eating red book’s wildlife now in fashion among the rich

VietNamNet Bridge – Many gibbons, langurs, loris in the deep jungle have been hunted, bred in captivity to entertain people. Others have been killed to turn into the special dishes served at the parties of the rich.

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Vietnamese man caught smuggling 5kg of rhino horn

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Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport seized more than five kilograms of rhino horn allegedly smuggled in by a passenger Monday, two weeks after Vietnam and South Africa agreed to an action plan to curb rhino poaching.

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Wild elephant rescued after week-long search

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Wild elephant rescued after week-long search

A rescue team early this week successfully rescued a wild elephant, who had been stuck in the trap believed set up by poachers, following a week of searching in a jungle in the central highlands province of Dak Lak.

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Gunmen threaten unique CentrAfrican elephant reserve: WWF

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Gunmen threaten unique CentrAfrican elephant reserve: WWF

A group of 17 gunmen entered an animal park in the Central African Republic, threatening "one of the biggest massacres of elephants" in the region, conservationist body WWF said Tuesday.

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Vietnam, S.Africa target illegal rhino hunters

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South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday.

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Rhino’s dying breath signals general’s return to war

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Rhino’s dying breath signals general’s return to war

The carcass of a poached rhino at the Nwanetsi picnic site in the Kruger National Park on April 9, 2013. Last year 668 rhinos were poached in South Africa, eight times the number in 2008, according to government statistics. Photographer: Cornel van Heerden/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images

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Vietnam, S.Africa target illegal rhino hunters

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Vietnam, S.Africa target illegal rhino hunters

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa and Vietnam have agreed to exchange the names of registered hunters in a bid to stop rhino poachers who obtain hunting permits under false pretences, a spokesman said Monday.

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Poachers nabbed in Yok Don National Park

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VietNam News English 3 week(s) ago

The forest management board of the Yok Don National Park in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on Wednesday destroyed nearly 20 kilograms of wild meat gathered from illegal hunting activity.

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Storks live in fear on Dau Tieng reservoir area

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Storks live in fear on Dau Tieng reservoir area

VietNamNet Bridge – In late 2012, the local people on Nhim Island and Dau Tieng reservoir were happy to receive the new members – Nhan storks – a variety named in the Red Book. However, the life of the nice birds has been threatened by the poachers.

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Police detain 15 forest poachers

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Loc Ninh District police yesterday announced that 15 residents had been detained for resisting and assault causing injury on forest management officials after they were found logging illegally in the forest .

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Elephant killed, mutilated in Quang Binh

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Elephant killed, mutilated in Quang Binh

Concerned agencies in central Quang Binh province are investigating a case in which a wild female elephant was killed in a forest in Minh Hoa District, with its skin and tusks and most of its flesh removed.

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Four-tonne elephant killed by hunters

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An adult female elephant was killed in central Quang Binh Province's Minh Hoa District, the district's Party Committee secretary Cao Thanh Binh said on Wednesday.

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Poachers arrested in central province

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VietNam News English 2 month(s) ago

A group of poachers from Ha Noi have been arrested in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue, a spokesman for the local police Department said last Saturday.

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Poaching continues to ravage West Lake

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Poaching continues to ravage West Lake

Hundreds of poachers have active around West Lake for years, with no measures taken to date having been effective at solving the problem.

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WWF urges Thai ivory ban to spare African elephant

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WWF urges Thai ivory ban to spare African elephant

Conservationists on Tuesday urged Thailand to end its legal trade in ivory to help curb the slaughter of African elephants by poachers cashing in on their highly-prized tusks.

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