This number was revealed at a workshop on preventing and combating wildlife trafficking held recently in Ho Chi Minh City. Representatives from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) expressed their concern that this wildlife animal will be extinct if no proper protective measures are applied.
Participants proposed to develop a legal mechanism on wildlife trading control. According to the Forest Ranger Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, an average of 1,095 wildlife protection regulation violations have occurred annually over the last five years.
During this period, nearly 60,000 endangered species were seized.
