Thursday, November 6, 2014

Endangered Wildlife Restaurants in China Feel the Heat



In China 6 people have been help by police after raids on restaurants serving endangered wildlife
Police in Jiangcheng County which is located close to the Chinese border with Vietnam and Laos raided several restaurants after videos appeared online of customers eating endangered wildlife at them.

The restaurant’s menus included macaque, jackal, Muntjac deer and porcupine as well as other animals.

The raid rescued 22 animals and confiscated 117 kilograms of meat and related products
In China it is a crime to trade or kill endangered wildlife anyone found guilty of this crime faces up to 5 years in prison, but oddly it is not a crime to eat them.


It was also noted that 9 local officials including the county level Forestry Police Chief have been suspended from their posts.