illegal hunting

Update news illegal hunting

Hunting pushes Eastern gorillas close to extinction: Red List

 Illegal hunting in Democratic Republic of Congo has wiped out 70 percent of Eastern gorillas in the past two decades and pushed the world's biggest primate close to extinction,

Habitat loss threatens survival of large flying foxes

 VietNamNet Bridge – The population of large flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus) living in the southern Ca Mau Province is facing depletion in its numbers.

Illegal hunting of sea turtles runs rampant

 VietNamNet Bridge – Even though sea turtles are listed on the endangered species list and are in urgent need of protection, many Vietnamese fishermen capture these rare animals for the big profits to be made. 

The fight to keep langurs swinging free

VietNamNet Bridge – A group of biologists have spent days trailing a troop of primates in Kon Ka Kinh National Park, before they eventually caught up with about 30 gray-shanked douc langurs having an afternoon meal in the treetops