The Fragile existence of Lao Wildlife

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• The Fragile existence of Lao Wildlife
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• The aim of my presentation
• to show how beautiful and unique our wildlife
  is
• how people are cruel to it.
• Laos wildlife is really in danger nowadays and if
  people dont take any steps to protect it,
  wildlife will disappear someday.
• So I would like to draw publics attention to the
  endangered species of Lao wild animals that are
  close to extinction.

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The fragile existence of Lao wildlife
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Wildlife Law
Protected species
Managed species

• It is illegal to hunt protected species
  (elephants, tigers, bears) that are naturally
  rare.
• Managed species (pigs, deer) reproduce more
  frequently and can be harvested by rural
  villagers.

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Cats
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The Tigers

• The Tiger is an endangered species and it faces
  several serious threats. In Laos lonely tigers
  have been confirmed in resent years. Illegal
  trade of tiger prey and of tigers (selling their
  skin or bones for medicine) is threatening their
  survival in Laos.
• There are Less than 20 tigers in Nam Et Phou
  Louey today.

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Marbled Cat
Marbled Cat is not well known elsewhere in Asia
and in Laos seems to occur primarily in mountain
evergreen forest at altitudes higher than 1000
meters.
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Primates

• Macaques are the most common type of primate in
  Laos.
• Their numbers are declining due to excessive
  hunting and trapping for as food and as pets.

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Rodents

• Occur in groups in forested areas. The spines on
  their bodies are used as protection from
  predators. Now hundreds of them are being traded
  from the wild to farms to supply porcupine meat
  for restaurants.

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The Sunda Pangolin

• It has scales that cover almost the entire body.
  The scales are believed to have medicinal
  qualities and it is heavily trapped and traded as
  a result. Population have declined by 90. Now it
  is facing extinction.

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Humans have been hunting wild life for
subsistence for thousands of years. But today
hunting technology has improved with guns, steal
snares, and flashlights making it easier to hunt
more wildlife much more quickly.
Not all hunters involved in illegal
wildlife trade are Lao citizens. Some come from
neighboring countries.
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If hunting and trade are not controlled through
law enforcement, it will eventually eliminate
most wildlife in Laos.

What can people do to conserve wildlife in Lao
PDR?
Please, follow the
Law. Do not buy or sell wildlife!
We hope with this
presentation well draw attention to wildlife
that still survive in Lao PDR!