Tiger meat and bear paws on menu for Chinese tourists in Laos, says report
A resort complex in northwest Laos targeting Chinese visitors has become a “lawless playground” for the trade in illegal wildlife ranging from tiger meat to bear paws, an advocacy group has said.
Customers “can openly buy endangered species products” in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone on the border between Laos, Myanmar and Thailand in Laos’ Bokeo province, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency.
The London-based group, together with the non-governmental group Education for Nature Vietnam, also documented restaurants offering “sauté tiger meat”, bear paws and pangolins on their menus.
