Wildlife smuggling hubs in Asia
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Wildlife smuggling hubs in Asia include:[1]
Myanmar
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Thailand
- Bangkok’s Chatuchak wildlife market
- Mae Sai
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
India
National parks (NP) throughout the country, from Kaziranga in the Northeast to Panna in Madhya Pradesh, having been extirpated in Sariska and Panna NPs as a result of hunting.
China
- Dalou
- Jiegao
- Ruili
- Xishuangbanna
- Kunming
- Nanning
- Pingxiang
- Dongxing
- Haikou
- Guangzhou (especially Chatou Wild Animal market, Qing ping Market, Panjiayuan Market)
- Guangdong
- Xining
- Germu
- Linxia (especially Bei Da Jie market)
- Beijing
- Shanghai,
- Hong Kong
- Lhasa
References and notes
- ^ Felbab-Brown, Vanda (June 2011). "The Disappearing Act: The Illicit Trade in Wildlife in Asia" (PDF). Foreign Policy (6). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.