This huge market, open only on Saturdays and Sundays, has long been
known as a centre for illegal wildlife and wildlife product trade. WWF Thailand, Wildlife Alliance
Thailand (now known as Freeland Foundation) and TRAFFIC have been assisting the Thai government in
monitoring and reporting on the illegal trade activities here over recent years, which has resulted in a
number of seizures of illicit specimens. Nevertheless, ivory continues to be sold here in great quantity. The
vendors here were more forthcoming than elsewhere and answered questions freely. One shop displayed
only five ivory items, but the owner admitted that he had more than 100 more at home, some of them quite
large. He did not want to display them for fear of a police raid, but he said he would bring some in if the
investigator was interested. He said that one pair of tribal ear-plugs supposed to be antique was recently
manufactured in Viet Nam and imported to Thailand. He also stated that he had recently exported a large
This huge market, open only on Saturdays and Sundays, has long beenknown as a centre for illegal wildlife and wildlife product trade. WWF Thailand, Wildlife AllianceThailand (now known as Freeland Foundation) and TRAFFIC have been assisting the Thai government inmonitoring and reporting on the illegal trade activities here over recent years, which has resulted in anumber of seizures of illicit specimens. Nevertheless, ivory continues to be sold here in great quantity. Thevendors here were more forthcoming than elsewhere and answered questions freely. One shop displayedonly five ivory items, but the owner admitted that he had more than 100 more at home, some of them quitelarge. He did not want to display them for fear of a police raid, but he said he would bring some in if theinvestigator was interested. He said that one pair of tribal ear-plugs supposed to be antique was recentlymanufactured in Viet Nam and imported to Thailand. He also stated that he had recently exported a large
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This huge market, open only on Saturdays and Sundays, has long been
known as a centre for illegal wildlife and wildlife product trade. WWF Thailand, Wildlife Alliance
Thailand (now known as Freeland Foundation) and TRAFFIC have been assisting the Thai government in
monitoring and reporting on the illegal trade activities here over recent years, which has resulted in a
number of seizures of illicit specimens. Nevertheless, ivory continues to be sold here in great quantity. The
vendors here were more forthcoming than elsewhere and answered questions freely. One shop displayed
only five ivory items, but the owner admitted that he had more than 100 more at home, some of them quite
large. He did not want to display them for fear of a police raid, but he said he would bring some in if the
investigator was interested. He said that one pair of tribal ear-plugs supposed to be antique was recently
manufactured in Viet Nam and imported to Thailand. He also stated that he had recently exported a large
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