A staggering five significant ivory seizures in the weeks leading up
to Vietnam hosting a major intergovernmental event on illegal wildlife
trade highlights ongoing concerns about the nation’s role in illicit
wildlife trade.
In total, Vietnamese authorities confiscated over four and a half tonnes of trafficked ivory during October 2016.
Just how much ivory is going through Vietnam? Is it the new frontier?
Total No of Rhinos slaughtered in South Africa to End of December 2021 = 451 Official figures. Note: the number of wild rhinos in Kruger has declined from 3,500 to 2,800 in one year. Read my blog below for Headlines from around the World concerning the Global Catastrophe that is causing the biggest mass extinction since the Permian Period, and News of the fight to stop the slaughter of the Planet's Wildlife before it is too late.
