Illicit Wildlife Market

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In 2018, Mail & Guardian reported that the number of captive bears in Vietnam had dropped dramatically since 2005, from about 4 500 to less than 800 today. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

ASIATIC BLACK BEARS

Asiatic black bear cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Two bear cubs, weighing only 2.4kg and 3.3kg, were rescued from a man intending to sell them on the illicit wildlife market

Eunice Masson