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Crocodile exports approved by CITES

12/06/2006

According to local media, the organisation that regulates global wildlife trade, CITES, has given four exporters in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, permission to transport 34,850 crocodiles overseas this year.

The city is reported to contain 78,534 crocodiles spread over 35 crocodile raising farms, but only four farms in Vietnam are licensed by CITES to breed crocodiles.

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