A storm's a coming...

A masterclass in NGO live tweeting

  1. Go! Wildlife traders look out... The storms coming your way today!
  2. Amazing scenes as restaurant owner grabs a live pangolin and tries to escape. Tackled, arrested and pangolin saved from the pot!
  3. Wild pig and bamboo rat meat seized from Da Lat restaurants this morning #VN http://pic.twitter.com/FcvNslwz
  4. 2nd phase briefing. Essential ingredients: Green tea and cigarettes http://pic.twitter.com/SG5KAFQL
  5. Funny, even bamboo rats are more famous when they're dead... http://pic.twitter.com/K54f79Fk
  6. Word coming in from the teams of 3 live civets just saved from a restaurant
  7. Common palm civet, saved from the cooking pot by excellent Lam Dong FPD #VN http://pic.twitter.com/vGgw2ege
  8. Recently snared porcupine saved from restaurant but sadly it's lost a foot. http://pic.twitter.com/Yy3g68rG
  9. So far over 100kg of wildlife (live and dead) seized in simultaneous raids across Lam Dong province today
  10. Our amazing partners in Lam Dong show the rest of VN how it's done. 18 restaurants raided, 200kg wildlife seized, >50 live animals saved
  11. Seizures are the first step, we're working with agencies to ensure appr punishments given out and investigations to trace the dealers
  12. The Lam Dong campaign ended last night with about 300kg seized incl over 100 animals! 20 restaurants facing fines and risk of closure

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