Pictures of wildlife trade

Images of wildlife trade taken by Rhett Ayers Butler. Last updated: January 2, 2023.

Limes chilis and fruit in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fish for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Barking deer in the Luang Prabang morning market

Chilis tomatoes and other vegetables and species in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds in the Luang Prabang morning market

Marbled cat pelt in a market stall

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fetish market in Togo

Pangasius catfish for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Nareepol or Narypon a seed pod or fruit shaped like a woman

Crocodile skin and leopard skin at wildlife products market in Togo

Live bamboo rat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fish and fowl in the Luang Prabang morning market

Frogs tied together for sale as food in a market in Laos

Fish sold in a morning market in Muang Khong

Water beetles fish and tadpoles in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bananas squirrels colorful songbirds and dried bamboo rats in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bananas squirrels colorful songbirds and dried bamboo rats in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fish for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Mouse deer and bamboo rats in the Luang Prabang morning market

Chilis tomatoes and other vegetables and species in the Luang Prabang morning market

Wildlife fetish market in Togo

Coloful songbirds for sale as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bananas in the Luang Prabang morning market

Garlic bunches in the Luang Prabang morning market

River insects in a bowl as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fish and fowl in the Luang Prabang morning market

Telephone fetish at a wildlife market

Green longhorn beetle [java_0030]

Riverweed for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Mouse deer and bamboo rats in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Live bamboo rat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Cut fish in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Live bamboo rat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fish and sandals for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0024]

Vegetables in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra

Bananas squirrels colorful songbirds tadpoles riverweed and dried bamboo rats in the Luang Prabang morning market

Poachers camp in Borneo national park

Water beetles fish and tadpoles in the Luang Prabang morning market

Frogs tied together for sale as food in a market in Laos

Wild birds for sale

Nareepol a seed pod or fruit shaped like a woman

Woman with many eggs in the Luang Prabang morning market

Morning market in Muang Khong

Meat section of in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds in the Luang Prabang morning market

Louts flowers in the Luang Prabang morning market

Pile of chili peppers

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0019]

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0025]

Coloful songbirds for sale as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds and bananas in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Garlic bunches in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds in the Luang Prabang morning market

Marbled cat fur/skin in a market stall

Vegetables in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Limes chilis and fruit in the Luang Prabang morning market

Frog skewers in the Luang Prabang morning market

Crocodile snouts at a wildlife products market in Togo

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0023]

Vegetables in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Clams in the Luang Prabang morning market

Live frogs in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0018]

Vegetable and fruit seller in the Luang Prabang morning market

Tiretrack eels for sale in a market in Laos

River insects in a bowl as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0028]

Pangasius catfish for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0022]

Crocodile skull and boar head at a wildlife products market in Togo

Trapped rodent in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0029]

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Tiretrack eels for sale in a market in Laos

Fried bushmeat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Vegetables in the Luang Prabang morning market

Aerial view of oil palm plantations on peatlands in Sumatra [java_0020]

Songbirds and tadpoles in the Luang Prabang morning market

Pond swimmers (beetles) for sale as food

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Grilled frogs on a stick

Songbirds and bananas in the Luang Prabang morning market

Chilis tomatoes and other vegetables and species in the Luang Prabang morning market

Dead song birds for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Meat in a bowl in the Luang Prabang morning market

Dead rodents in the Luang Prabang morning market

Frogs tied together for sale as food in a market in Laos

Cut fish in the Luang Prabang morning market

Telephone fetish

Onions for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds and pollywogs in the Luang Prabang morning market

in the Luang Prabang morning market

Tadpoles for sale as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

Green longhorn beetle [java_0031]

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds for sale as food in the Luang Prabang morning market

Songbirds and pollywogs in the Luang Prabang morning market

Bushmeat in the Luang Prabang morning market

Fresh (live) bamboo rats

Bushmeat for sale in the Luang Prabang morning market

Chilis tomatoes and other vegetables and species in the Luang Prabang morning market

Eggs in a basket

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