Should Vietnam ban wildlife trade for traditional medicine?
Should Vietnam ban the wildlife trade entirely, even for traditional medicine? My uncle in Hue still buys bear bile for his arthritis, and no amount of scientific evidence changes his mind. I've seen the empty cages at farms near Bac Kan, and it's hard to argue when families depend on that income. But conservation groups say the trade drives species like the pangolin to extinction, so where do we draw the line between culture and survival?