| | Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008, Posted at: 18:17(GMT+7) |
| Poached Wildlife Products to Go on Display in National Museum | About three tons of various wildlife products seized from poachers, including tusks, shells, horns, skin and bones will be displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of Nature, authorities in Hanoi have decided.
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| One of the two tigers rescued from poachers in January will be sent to the Soc Son Animal Rescue Center (Photo: Lao Dong Newspaper) | The decision was taken at an official meeting held on Tuesday to discuss the fate of the products confiscated from people illegally trading in wildlife over many years.
The meeting also specified that the exhibit will include 300 tusks, approximate 400kg of tortoiseshells, three rhino horns, about 200kg of tiger meat, four tigers frozen to death, bone glue and the skeletons and skins of various wild animals.
The exhibit will be opened to public, and used for research and teaching purposes.
In other related news, two tigers rescued alive from poachers will be given to the Soc Son Animal Rescue Center outside Hanoi.
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| By Th.Nam – Translated by Truong Son |
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