09 January 2008

terrible tip of a tragic iceberg

Nhan Dan reports :
"Two live tigers and frozen pieces from four others along with a large quantity of various animal parts were seized by Hanoi Police on January 7 when they busted a wild animal trafficking group.…The police also found at the two suspects’ houses frozen pieces of four other large tigers, which weighed at least 100 kg each, 11 living bears, limbs of bears and a hefty quantity of solid cakes from rendered animal bones used for traditional medicinal purposes. The police on January 8 handed the two living tigers over to the Hanoi Wild Animal Rescue Centre, an affiliate of the Hanoi Forestry Division."



[White Tiger by DAM]

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