Throw book at wildlife trader

Last week, 12 restaurants in Da Lat, Vietnam were raided for including illegal wildlife meat on their menus. The meat seized included binturong, civet, and clouded leopard meat as well as muntjac and sambar deer- a prey species of tigers. The source of the wildlife meat was traced back to a wildlife meat trader named Tu Loan. Tu Loan also operates a zoo and is suspected to be part of an international wildlife trafficking ring.

Dr. Scott Roberton the Vietnam representative of the Wildlife Conservation Society suggests that low staffing, lack of sufficient budget, and the many other excuses given for the state of wildlife trafficking are not nearly to blame as much as local government's reluctance to enforce rules.

Vietnam is touted as a hub for wildlife trafficking in southeast Asia.

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