Global animal welfare organization FOUR PAWS has just rescued two Asiatic black bear cubs that were confiscated by the environmental police in Lai Chau Province at the Vietnam border to China on July 21, 2020. The cubs, a male and a female, are only a few months old. The accused wildlife smuggler was being closely […]
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Petition: Markets in Vietnam are Still Selling Wild Animals
Similar to Indonesia, a market in Vietnam is reportedly still selling rats and reptiles, spiking concerns about coronavirus. Scientists believe the coronavirus pandemic started when the virus was transmitted from an animal at an exotic animal market in China to a human. According to the Mirror, Thanh Hoa Bird Market outside Ho Chi Minh City […]
Petition: Black Cats Killed and Ground Up into Paste as Misleading Coronavirus Treatment
Reports from Vietnam show black cats are being killed and eaten after rumors spread that their ground-up bodies are effective coronavirus treatments. Animal rights activists in the group No to Dog Meat said that black cats were being sold for paste, per South West News Service. Julia de Cadenet of No to Dog Meat said […]
Can the Javan rhino be saved before disaster strikes?
As the old saying warns, it’s bad enough to put all your eggs in one basket. If you have to, though, at least try not to leave that basket sitting on the beach under an active volcano. Unfortunately, that’s basically the situation of the last population of the Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus). The Javan rhino […]
New year, new birds: 10 newly-recognised species
BirdLife is proud to announce that Volume 2 of the Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World is now available to purchase. Published by Lynx Edicions in association with HBW and BirdLife International, Volume 2 chronicles the world’s passerines (perching birds), and completes the most exhaustive illustrated checklist of birds ever compiled, with stunning, […]
Pangolins: why this cute prehistoric mammal is facing extinction
A what? A pangolin. It’s the only mammal in the world that is completely covered in scales. It looks like an artichoke on legs. Or a cross between a crocodile and a snake. Or a wacky computer-game invention. It is one of 10 animals that Sir David Attenborough would put on his personal ark, and […]
Elephants worth much, much more alive than dead, says new report
Elephants are worth 76 times more when they’re alive than dead, according to a new analysis released this past weekend. The report follows on the heels of findings by WWF that the world has lost 50 percent of its wildlife over the past 40 years, with more than half of African elephants killed for ivory […]
New tree shrew discovered in Vietnam forest
Researchers have described a previously unknown species of tree shrew in the forests of Vietnam. The study was published July 2 in the open access journal ZooKeys. The species, named Crocidura sapaensis after Sa Pa District, where it was collected, was discovered after genetic analysis revealed that it was distinct from three closely-related species also […]