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ASSOCIATED PRESS
HA
NOI ― Police have seized four baby tigers and more than 100 pangolins being
transported in a car in central Viet Nam.
A
police officer in Ha Tinh province says two men were detained for questioning
after officers seized the live animals Tuesday.
The
officer didn’t give his name, saying he wasn’t permitted to do so by his
superiors.
The
men told police they were hired by an unknown man to transport the animals to
nearby Nghe An province.
Pangolins
are scaly anteaters native to Asia and Africa.
Tiger
bones are used in Viet Nam to make a traditional painkiller that sells for
several hundred dollars an ounce.
Many
species are endangered due to their use in traditional medicines. Conservation
group WWF ranks Viet Nam as the worst country in the world for wildlife crime.
