Chinese vlogger films Laos wildlife market, holding live pangolin, as embassy warns sales are banned
The Chinese Embassy in Laos says Lao law bans selling pangolins and other wildlife products, while vloggers keep suggesting, wrongly, that such sales are legal.
A Chinese vlogger who toured a wildlife market in Laos described such markets as being like wildlife parks. In his words, "while you can only look at the animals in our zoos back in China, the wild animals in Lao markets can be eaten."
During the tour he filmed himself holding a live pangolin, and the footage also showed bear paws, birds, dried rats and monitor lizards.
The Chinese Embassy in Laos has warned its citizens more than once. It says Lao law bans the sale of ivory, rhinoceros horns, pangolins and other wildlife products, and that "Violators will be punished by law."
According to Eco-Business, vloggers keep suggesting, wrongly, that such sales are legal.
