Consuming Our Way to Extinction – Rare & Exotic Animal Trade
The native people of Laos, China and other Asian nations have taken advantage of the new road intrastructure to escalate the demise of jungle creatures big and small. Their partners in “crimes” against nature are European nations and the USA consumers the buy and consume or wear the harvested black market bushmeats and products in large quantities.
According to United Nations, global trade in frog meat has soared in the past 20 years. France and the United States are the two largest importers, with France importing between 2,500 and 4,000 tons each year since 1995. Indonesia exports more than 5,000 tons annually, mostly to Europe. Frogs’ legs are also very popular in Asian cuisine.
Until twenty-five years ago, hundreds of tigers roamed large swaths of relatively untouched jungle in Laos. But in recent years particularly in the last decade development, deforestation, and a booming traffic in wildlife have reduced Laotian … Read more