A review of bear farming and bear trade in Lao People's Democratic Republic

被引:23
作者
Livingstone, E. [1 ]
Gomez, L. [1 ]
Bouhuys, J. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Suite 12A 01,Level 12A Tower 1,Jalan Stadium, Kelana Jaya 47301, Selangor De, Malaysia
[2] Apex Wildlife Trade Invest, Grobbenhof 4, NL-6932 CL Westervoort, Netherlands
关键词
Bear farms; Bear bile; Gall bladder; Urso-deoxycholic acid; Bear bile extraction facilities; Lao PDR; Ursus thibetanus; CHINA; PERCEPTIONS; MYANMAR; PARTS; PDR;
D O I
10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00380
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
This study reviews the bear farming industry in Lao PDR with the objective of documenting the current number of commercial bear facilities (i.e. captive bear facilities judged to be trading in bear bile and/or bears and bear parts) and the number of bears contained within these facilities, noting changes since it was last examined between 2000 and 2012 by Livingstone and Shepherd (2014). We surveyed all known commercial bear facilities and searched for previously unrecorded facilities. We compared our records with Livingstone and Shepherd (2014) and corrected some duplicate records from their study. In 2017, we recorded seven commercial facilities; four dedicated bear farms, and three tiger farms that were reportedly also keeping bears. We found that between 2012 and 2017 the recorded number of dedicated bear farms reduced by two, and the recorded number of tiger farms also keeping bears increased by one. Within the same period, the total number of captive bears among all facilities in Lao PDR hardly changed (+one), but the number of bears within each facility did. The northern facilities, owned by ethnic Chinese, have expanded since 2012, and central and southern facilities have downsized or closed. While bear farming appears to be downsizing in Lao PDR overall, efforts to phase it out are undermined by the expansion of foreign owned facilities in the north, within Special and Specific Economic Zones that largely cater to a Chinese market, and where the Lao government's efforts to enforce laws and protect wildlife appear to be lacking. Closing the facilities in the north will require political will and decisive law enforcement. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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