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Wildlife trade,Tachilek, Myanmar
Stall selling skins of Clouded leopard, leopard, marbled cat, leopard cat, civet. and a gaur trophy.
Tachilek is a small town on the Thai/Myanmar border. The town has a thriving market with a large number of stalls and shops specializing in wildlife trophies and medicinal products made from: Skins, bones and body parts of tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and several small cat species, deer, wild cattle, wild boar, primates and birds. Poached throughout the Indochina region, much of the produce bought here is smuggled across the border into Thailand.
Stall selling skins of Clouded leopard, leopard, marbled cat, leopard cat, civet. and a gaur trophy.
Tachilek is a small town on the Thai/Myanmar border. The town has a thriving market with a large number of stalls and shops specializing in wildlife trophies and medicinal products made from: Skins, bones and body parts of tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and several small cat species, deer, wild cattle, wild boar, primates and birds. Poached throughout the Indochina region, much of the produce bought here is smuggled across the border into Thailand.
