An expanding crackdown in Southeast Asia on the trafficking of endangered species has led to a new challenge - what to do with the thousands of animals rescued every year.
Success Seizing Trafficked Animals Leads to New Problem
![Cookie, a female moon bear, at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5c606f13-4b18-41bc-a1e4-2fe4f71828c9_cx0_cy9_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Cookie, a female moon bear, at the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia.
![A family of long-tailed macaques at the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.](https://gdb.voanews.com/68124d8a-dfa0-4967-867b-bcabb663c36f_cx0_cy5_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A family of long-tailed macaques at the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.
![An elephant at a ride attraction near Munnar, Kerala state in India.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9a01822e-0cbc-4828-996d-ebb90fcbfb76_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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An elephant at a ride attraction near Munnar, Kerala state in India.
![A tiger in captivity at a tourist attraction near Chiang Mai, Thailand.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7137878d-0c04-43cf-bba6-9a635787bf41_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A tiger in captivity at a tourist attraction near Chiang Mai, Thailand.