Twenty five years ago there were hundreds of tigers in Laos. Today there are probably fewer than 50. Their decline is a symptom of a broader trend that is consuming wildlife around the planet ...

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Authorities in Laos continue to intensify efforts against wildlife poaching and trafficking, with recent operations leading to the arrest of a suspect in Khammouane ...

Tourists eager to try exotic meat and buy wildlife souvenirs in Laos are helping destroy the country's natural heritage. The consequences for both people and environment are worrying, reports Dawn ...

VIENTIANE, March 5 (Laotian Times): With a kick-off on World Wildlife Day, the Lao government and conservation partners have launched a new campaign that calls on every person in Laos to play a ...

Lao Government law enforcement officers have shut down illegal wildlife trade in four shops at Don Sao Market in the notorious Golden Triangle, confiscating almost 400 items during surprise raids on ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos, April 9 (Reuters) - Sixteen Asiatic Black Bear cubs rescued from the home of a wildlife poacher in Laos last month are thriving at a sanctuary for the endangered species ...

The seizure was one of at least nine high-value international wildlife seizures made in 2014 where Lao People's Democratic Republic was implicated as the source, transit or destination country. Lao ...

Beijing in December enacted a law that bans the sale of wildlife for consumption. But Laos and other neighboring countries aren’t as strict. Demand, meanwhile, remains high in China for many ...

VIENTIANE, Aug 10 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in cooperation with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), has organised a dissemination of a manual for wildlife ...