Illegal buying of wildlife online on the rise in Myanmar, WWF report says

The animals and animal parts bought and sold involved elephants, bears and gibbons, Tibetan antelope, critically endangered pangolins and an Asian giant tortoise

A rhino horn and tiger teeth for sale at the home of a black market animal trader in Vietnam (Robert Patterson/World Wildlife Fund/AP)

Illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar, in a threat both to public health and to endangered species, a report by the World Wildlife Fund shows.

The report on Friday found that enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened amid political turmoil following a 2021 military takeover.