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.
