Elephant skins, porcupine quills, red muntjac skulls, red serow horns and other wildlife products on display at a market in Myitkyina in 2009. (Sapai Min)

Kachin’s illegal wildlife trade booms in post-coup free-for-all

The hunting of rare and threatened animals in the remote forests of Kachin State appears to have increased due to the pandemic and the military coup, while demand from China continues despite border closures.

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