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  Medical opinion could help save rhinos: experts

  (17:09:17 PM 21/05/2014)

  Traditional medicine practitioners can help save rhinos by emphasising that rhino horn cannot cure cancer and offering alternative remedies, including various herbs, experts said at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 18.

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  Would gaurs to have the same fate as rhinos?

  (16:17:41 PM 20/01/2014)

  Being a ferocious species, nearly having no natural enemies, and considered as the symbol of strength, gaurs (Bos gaurus) are still in high danger of getting extinct because they have been the aiming points of the poachers.

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  Cyclists embark on Vietnam trip to save rhinos

  (16:16:58 PM 11/06/2015)

  South African sisters of German descent, Victoria and Vanessa Wiesenmaier, have embarked on a 6,000 km cycling journey through Southeast Asia in a bid to raise awareness about rhino poaching.

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  Vietnam lists itself among the countries with no more rhinos

  (11:15:21 AM 15/07/2013)

  The culprit who killed the Java rhino at the Cat Tien National Park three years ago remains unknown. No state official has been disciplined for the rhino death. This shows the serious loophole in the management work of the Vietnamese agencies in the protection the wildlife.

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  Ministry of Health joins efforts to save rhinos: Call to cease use of rhino horn for medical purposes

  (18:37:13 PM 14/05/2014)

  Ha Noi, May 14, 2014 – This month the Traditional Medicine Administration under Viet Nam’s Ministry of Health (MoH), TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, and WWF-Viet Nam are collaborating to host workshops to discuss ways traditional medicine practitioners can help save rhinos.

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  World takes bold steps to protect wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and tigers

  (20:11:30 PM 07/10/2016)

  With illegal and unsustainable trade endangering wildlife across the world, governments at the CITES Conference united behind a series of tough decisions to provide greater protection to a host of threatened species and bolster efforts to tackle soaring levels of poaching and wildlife trafficking. Specifically, key decisions and announcements were made around species that are traded across the Greater Mekong Region, including ivory, rhino horn, pangolins and tigers.

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  Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching

  (10:35:35 AM 13/03/2014)

  Bucking the worldwide trend, Nepal continues its successful fight against poaching On World Wildlife Day, March 3, Nepal celebrated 365 days with zero poaching. No rhinos, tigers, or elephants were killed.

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  WWF’s ‘Most Wanted’ List Highlights 10 of the Most Widely Traded Endangered Species in the Markets of the Golden Triangle

  (12:31:30 PM 02/11/2017)

  Tigers, elephants, bears and pangolin are four of the most widely traded species in the Golden Triangle -- the border area where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar connect -- according to a report from WWF. Rhinos, serow, helmeted hornbill, gaur, leopards and turtles round out the list of endangered species that are openly sold in a region that is Ground Zero in the illegal wildlife trade.

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  Viet Nam urged to reduce demand for rhino horns

  (14:17:59 PM 11/08/2014)

  Rhinos are being driven to extinction due to the demand for their horns and Viet Nam is considered the main market for them, experts have said.

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