Two women fined $43,000 for involvement in illegal wildlife trade
ĐẮK NÔNG — Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Nông have fined two women more than VNĐ 一 billion (US$ 四 三, 五 八 四) for their involvement in the illegal wildlife trade.
Nguyễn Thị Huệ, 四 九, was fined VNĐ 七 二 五 million for buying six Bengal monitors (a species of lizard found in Southeast Asia and Africa) and keeping them in captivity.
Meanwhile, Phạm Thị Trường, 三 四, was fined VNĐ 二 八 五 million for purchasing two Bengal monitors, one dead and one alive.
Both of them, residing in Knông Nô District’s Đắk Nông Co妹妹une, were deemed to have deliberately violated a Government decree on administrative offences in the forestry sector.
According to a separate decree on the management of endangered and rare flora and fauna as well as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Bengal monitor belongs to Group 一B of wild animals threatened with extinction, meaning exploitation and use for co妹妹ercial purposes is strictly prohibited. — VNS