Between late 2000 and early 2003, a team of researchers based in Hong Kong conducted an ongoing survey of wild animals on sale at Chatou, Dongmen, and two other big Guangdong markets. Compared to an earlier survey done in 1993–1994, the team found some changes and new trends. First, the sheer volume of the wild-animal trade seemed to have increased. Second, there was more cross-border commerce, legal or covert, drawing wildlife from other Southeast Asian countries into southern China. Meaty but precious individuals of endangered species, such as the Bornean river turtle and the Burmese star
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