SANDAKAN, Malaysia -- Early in April, news filtered out from Riau, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, that a group of hunters had captured four sun bears, three of which they killed and cooked to make rendang, a popular curry dish in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Conservationists fight to end poaching of sun bears for traditional medicine
Malaysian wildlife biologist Wong Siew Te at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center with Mary, one of his protected bears. (Courtesy of Wong Siew Te)
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