The actor and long-time activist is working with Animals Asia to raise awareness about the new sanctuary and demand an end to bear bile farms. The new sanctuary is being built to comfortably hold and care for the last Asiatic black bears and sun bears that are in bear bile farms across the country. Animals […]
Tag: Vietnam
Wildlife trade hub Vietnam is also hub of impunity for traffickers, report says
Only 14% of wildlife seizures made in Vietnam in the past decade have resulted in convictions, according to a new report that highlights the weak enforcement in the country and lack of coordination between its agencies in following up on investigations. The report, published by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency, revealed that of at least […]
Terrified Bear Cub Rescued from Illegal Wildlife Trafficking and Moved to Sanctuary in Vietnam
The recent rescue of an Asiatic black bear cub marks Animals Asia 650th rescued bear. According to a release from the nonprofit, Animals Asia received a call from the Uong Bi police officers from the Quang Ninh province of Vietnam on Nov. 8 about the bear cub. Before the call, the authorities confiscated the cub […]
Bear Cub ‘Wonder’ Rescued From Illegal Traffickers
Recently, our Vietnam sanctuary team was contacted by a police officer in the Dien Bien border region of North Vietnam. They had confiscated a bear cub from an illegal wildlife trafficker and asked us to come and rescue them. The police had been tipped off by Education For Nature Vietnam (ENV) who had been monitoring […]
Camera trap pics of rare species in Vietnam raise conservation hopes
HO CHI MINH CITY — Camera traps placed in a remote nature reserve in central Vietnam recently captured images of rare muntjac deer, in addition to a number of other endangered species, raising hopes for the state of biodiversity there. The sightings took place in Phong Dien Nature Reserve in Thua Thien-Hue province, a rugged […]
We Talked to Vietnam’s ‘Pangolin Protector’ About the World’s Most Trafficked Animal
As an eight-year-old growing up in rural Vietnam, Thai Van Nguyen saw something he would never forget: poachers separating a baby pangolin from its mother. “In front of me, I saw the hunters catch and cut open some pangolins in our village,” Nguyen told VICE World News. “It was really sad when I saw one […]
For border-crossing Thai tigers, the forest on the other side isn’t as green
Big cats require big home ranges. In February 2016, a young male Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) walked from Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in western Thailand to Kayin state in Myanmar. After crossing mountains, rivers, roads and national borders over the course of its 170-kilometer (105-mile) journey, he ventured out of the forest into […]
Petition: Uncovering Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade
Vietnam’s illegal wildlife trade is threatening numerous species with imminent extinction. One woman — Kate Fox — has made it her mission to expose the truth and fight for survival with her astonishing film, Lawless Lands. Kate Fox is unlike anyone I’ve ever interacted with. Her passion for conservation is infectious and urgent, but there’s […]