Wildlife Crime: Vietnam Ranked Worst Country In New WWF Report On Animal Protection

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By  Posted: 07/22/2012 10:07 pm Updated: 07/23/2012 10:06 am

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A conservation group ranked Vietnam the worst country for wildlife crime Monday in its first-ever report on how well 23 Asian and African countries protect rhinos, tigers and elephants.

WWF said Vietnam’s tiger farms and its citizens’ voracious appetite for rhino horn as a supposed cure-all helped put it at the top of the list. Neighboring China, widely viewed as the world’s largest market for illegal wildlife products, finished a close second, and Laos was third.

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