Restaurants stop serving endangered animal meat
More than 150 restaurants in Hanoi have
pledged not to serve endanger animal meat, according to the World
Wildlife Fund for Nature in Vietnam.
More than 150 restaurants in Hanoi have
pledged not to serve endanger animal meat, according to the World
Wildlife Fund for Nature in Vietnam.
The initiative is the result of the fund’s “A Matter of Attitude – Reducing Consumption of Wild Animal Products” campaign, which is funded by the Danish International Development Agency.
The fund said these restaurants would no longer serve meat from animals protected by Vietnamese law. They will also inform customers about wildlife preservation activities in the country.
The list of restaurants that have refused to serve wild animal meat will be published on the fund’s website.
Three Vietnam ’s tourist companies – Intrepid, Buffalo Tours and I-Travel – have joined the campaign and will post the names of these restaurants complying with the fund’s campaign on their website.
The campaign was launched in six districts in the city last July.
The Environmental Police Department said that about 3,400 tonnes of wild animal meat is consumed each year, mostly in major cities.
According to the fund, nearly 700 species of animal in the country face being wiped out. About 300 of these animals face global extinction, while a further 50 are close to being wiped out.
A fund survey this year of more than 2,000 people living in Hanoi showed that over 47 percent have either eaten wild animal meat or used animal products for health or as ornaments. Of those surveyed who said they’d eaten wild animals or used wild animal products, 34 percent were public officials./.
The initiative is the result of the fund’s “A Matter of Attitude – Reducing Consumption of Wild Animal Products” campaign, which is funded by the Danish International Development Agency.
The fund said these restaurants would no longer serve meat from animals protected by Vietnamese law. They will also inform customers about wildlife preservation activities in the country.
The list of restaurants that have refused to serve wild animal meat will be published on the fund’s website.
Three Vietnam ’s tourist companies – Intrepid, Buffalo Tours and I-Travel – have joined the campaign and will post the names of these restaurants complying with the fund’s campaign on their website.
The campaign was launched in six districts in the city last July.
The Environmental Police Department said that about 3,400 tonnes of wild animal meat is consumed each year, mostly in major cities.
According to the fund, nearly 700 species of animal in the country face being wiped out. About 300 of these animals face global extinction, while a further 50 are close to being wiped out.
A fund survey this year of more than 2,000 people living in Hanoi showed that over 47 percent have either eaten wild animal meat or used animal products for health or as ornaments. Of those surveyed who said they’d eaten wild animals or used wild animal products, 34 percent were public officials./.
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