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About 85 pangolins seized from suspected smugglers were released into the wild in July |
Four rare
tiger cubs and more than 100 endangered pangolins have been seized from
suspected wildlife smugglers in Vietnam, police say.
The animals
were found in a car in central Ha Tinh province, they said. Two men have been
arrested on suspicion of illegally transporting them.
A police
official told the AFP news agency that all the animals apart from one pangolin
were alive.
It is
estimated that globally as few as 3,200 tigers remain in the wild.
The animals
are hunted for their fur, bones and other body parts which are used in
traditional Chinese medicine.
Pangolins,
often referred to as "scaly anteaters", are also prized in China and
Vietnam for their food and medicinal value.
The WWF
conservation and environmental group in June labelled Vietnam as having one of
the worst records in the world in the fight against trade in endangered species
- an accusation which Vietnam has denied.
Police said
the animals discovered on Tuesday will be handed over to forest rangers who
will soon release them into the wild.
1 comment:
It is pity to know how some people treat the wild animals. Recently customs of sri Lanka seized a large consignment of illegal ivory started from Africa.
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