Hanoi restaurant sells wildlife bone paste for $820/kg

December 7, 2009 about News, Social

Hanoi police Sunday found a local restaurant cooking more than 38 kilograms of wildlife bones during their inspection there on that day.

Bui Quang Hai, owner of Hai Nam Restaurant at No.56 Le Trong Tan Street in Ha Dong District, told the police that the bones, including 20 kilograms of chamois (goat antelope) bones, nine kilograms of monkey bones and nine kilograms of stag antlers, would sell at VND1.5 million (US$82) per 100 grams after processing into a paste.

According to Dr. Pham Trong Anh from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, the batch also included a considerable amount of bones of another animal suspected to be tiger.

He had previously completed cooking two kilograms of wildlife bone paste and it had sold out, Hai told the police.

An investigation is ongoing.

Bones of wildlife like tigers and chamois are remedies in traditional medicine.

Reported by Thai Son

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