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THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE, THAILAND 2016: The confluence of the Mekong and Ruak rivers make up the borders of Thailand, Myanmar and Laos in what is commonly known as the Golden Triangle. It is also the region which drives most of Asia's illegal wildlife trade and where consumers travel to gamble and consume exotic wildlife in casinos and special economic zones impervious to national laws and enforcement.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2010: The processed skin of an Indochinese tiger is presented for sale. Wildlife trade continues unabated in this non-government controlled special region where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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SRIRACHA TIGER ZOO, THAILAND 2010: Captive bred tigers are enclosed with pigs as a popular tourist attraction.
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SRIRACHA TIGER ZOO, THAILAND 2010: Captive bred tiger cubs on display as a popular tourist attraction.
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YAOWARAT, BANGKOK, THAILAND 2010: Chinese traditional medicine is one of the drivers of tiger trade in Asia. In popular Chinese mythology tiger products are believed to possess powerful healing properties for health and virility. Tiger trade is the primary threat to the remaining populations of wild tigers in Asia.
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YAOWARAT, BANGKOK, THAILAND 2010: Chinese traditional medicine is one of the drivers of tiger trade in Asia. In popular Chinese mythology tiger products are believed to possess powerful healing properties for health and virility. Tiger trade is the primary threat to the remaining populations of wild tigers in Asia.
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YAOWARAT, BANGKOK, THAILAND 2010: Chinese traditional medicine is one of the drivers of tiger trade in Asia. In popular Chinese mythology tiger products are believed to possess powerful healing properties for health and virility. Tiger trade is the primary threat to the remaining populations of wild tigers in Asia.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: A Chinese food vendor displays his personal tiger tooth necklace. Tiger parts are highly valued in many Asian cultures and are believed to bring, power, good luck and virility. Wildlife trade in Mong La and special regions 2 and 4 continues unabated in these non-government controlled special regions where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: Chinese food vendors display their wildlife products at the local market. Wildlife parts are highly valued in many Asian cultures and are believed to bring health, power, good luck and virility. Wildlife trade in Mong La and Myanmar special regions 2 and 4 continues unabated in these non-government controlled special regions where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2010: A highly endangered Asiatic lion waits to be consumed by Chinese tourists. Wildlife trade continues unabated in this non-government controlled special region where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2010: A large vat of snakes provides a supply of medicinal wine for Chinese tourists visiting Mong La to gamble and consume exotic wildlife.. Wildlife trade continues unabated in this non-government controlled special region where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2010: The processed skin of tiger, Asian leopard and many other endangered species are presented for sale. Wildlife trade continues unabated in this non-government controlled special region where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR 2010: The processed skin of tiger, Asian leopard and many other endangered species are presented for sale. Wildlife trade continues unabated in this non-government controlled special region where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: Chinese vendors display their wildlife products at the local market. Wildlife parts are highly valued in many Asian cultures and are believed to bring health, power, good luck and virility. Wildlife trade in Mong La and Myanmar special regions 2 and 4 continues unabated in these non-government controlled special regions where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: Chinese food vendors and restaurant owners display live endangered Sunda pangolins for Chinese tourists at the local market. Wildlife parts are highly valued in many Asian cultures and are believed to bring health, power, good luck and virility. Wildlife trade in Mong La and Myanmar special regions 2 and 4 continues unabated in these non-government controlled special regions where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: Chinese food vendors and restaurant owners display live endangered Sunda pangolins for Chinese tourists at the local market. Wildlife parts are highly valued in many Asian cultures and are believed to bring health, power, good luck and virility. Wildlife trade in Mong La and Myanmar special regions 2 and 4 continues unabated in these non-government controlled special regions where endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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MONG LA, SPECIAL REGION 4, SHAN STATE MYANMAR, 2010: A young male Asian elephant performs tricks under duress for Chinese tourists. Wildlife shows are popular in Mong La and Myanmar special regions 2 and 4 where wildlife trade continues unabated and endangered species are openly traded and consumed.
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RIVER KWAI BRIDGE, KANCHANABURI, THAILAND, 2014: A juvenile Asian leopard is displayed illegally as a tourist attraction at a market at the 'Bridge on the River Kwai'.
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POIPET, THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER: Cross border trade thrives at this land border and is one of the main conduits for the trafficking of wildlife including pangolins and many other endangered species. Large volumes of wildlife are often confiscated at Thailands land borders as wildlife is trafficked to feed the massive consumer markets of Vietnam and China.
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CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: A large male pig-tailed macaque is tranquillised and monitored in preparation for transport to a rescue centre. Trade demand for primates in Asia is massive with an estimated 30,000 individuals exported annually.
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BAN MAE SA, MAE CHAEM, THAILAND: A juvenile Asiatic black bear is confiscated from traders in Mae Sa village northern Thailand. The trade in live bears and bear products thrives in Asia to supply demand for meat and medicinal products, including bear bile, primarily for Chinese and Vietnamese markets.
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SURIN, THAILAND: One of Thailand’s four last elephant shamans. These Kui men were once highly respected for their knowledge and ability to capture and train wild elephants. They no longer have a role in modern Thai society as the capture of wild elephants was made illegal in 1961. The small Kui community now keep about 50 domestic elephants that are all leased to tourist operations in Pattaya and Phuket. Elephant tourism in Thailand remains a massive industry that was until recently driven largely by illegal capture and the laundering of wild elephant calves from Burma into the Thai domestic population. It is now more regulated but the widespread abuse and exploitation of elephants is still prevalent within the industry.
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CHIANG RAI, THAILAND 2016: Thailand is a major source and supply country for illegal wildlife trade. Thousands of wild animals remain in legal limbo in government confiscation centres in Thailand waiting for legal cases to be brought to court. Animals commonly suffer in cramped and badly maintained enclosures in a inadequate system that receives little government attention and support.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND: Orangutan in a private zoo. Thailand is a major source and supply country for illegal wildlife trade where the trade in great apes to supply theme parks and private zoos is still active.
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CHIANG RAI, THAILAND 2016: Thailand is a major source and supply country for illegal wildlife trade. Thousands of wild animals remain in legal limbo in government confiscation centres in Thailand waiting for legal cases to be brought to court. Animals commonly suffer in cramped and badly maintained enclosures in a inadequate system that receives little government attention and support.
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A billboard outside a local public school displays the penalties involved in wildlife trade and trafficking in an effort to educate Cambodians to the countries laws against wildlife trade.
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BOKOR NATIONAL PARK, CAMBODIA: An anti-poaching team arrests a poacher during a night patrol. Poaching in Cambodian protected areas continues to supply insatiable demand for wildlife for booming markets in neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam.
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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Cambodian police make arrests and confiscate illegal wildlife products from a traditional pharmacy. Wildlife poaching and trafficking continues in Cambodia to supply insatiable demand for wildlife for booming markets in neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam.
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CHIANG DAO, THAILAND 2016: An Asiatic black bear cub is confiscated from traders in Chiang Dao district northern Thailand. The trade in live bears and bear products thrives in Asia to supply demand for meat and medicinal products, including bear bile, primarily for Chinese and Vietnamese markets.
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TIGER CUB, BANGKOK, THAILAND 2010: An Indochinese tiger cub remains drugged and confused while being treated at a National Parks Dept facility after being confiscated from a passengers carry on luggage at Suvarnabhumi
airport en-route to the middle east.
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SURIN, THAILAND: A young Asian elephant bares the scars of training abuse for the Thai tourist industry. Wild elephants captured from populations in Myanmar are often sourced to boost domestic populations for the tourist industry in Thailand.
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SURIN, THAILAND: An Asian elephant begs for food during the annual Surin elephant festival in Thailand. Hundreds of elephants and their owners descend on Surin each November to take part in the world's biggest elephant festival.
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SURIN, THAILAND: Thai tourists interact with elephants during the annual Surin elephant festival. Thousands of Thai and international tourists along with hundreds of elephants and their owners descend on the town of Surin each November to take part in the world's biggest elephant festival.
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CHIANG MAI, THAILAND: A young Asian elephant enjoys his new found mobility after being fitted a prosthetic leg at an elephant hospital in northern Thailand. Many elephants working along the Thai/Myanmar border are victims of land mines as a result of the 60 year civil war between the ethnic Karen and the Myanmar government.
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LAOS, CIRCA 1905: A French colonial official poses with an Indochinese tiger in a Lao village. Tigers were once widespread throughout Asia. There are now only an estimated 3500 tigers remaining and they are relentlessly targeted by poachers to supply market demand in China and Vietnam. Copyright © Jean Duplay
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LAOS, CIRCA 1905: A French colonial official poses with an Indochinese tiger in a Lao village. Tigers were once widespread throughout Asia. There are now only an estimated 3500 tigers remaining and they are relentlessly targeted by poachers to supply market demand in China and Vietnam. Copyright © Jean Duplay