article_snippet.sent: Such  wisdom is widespread in Guangzhou, where markets stock exotic and rare animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages.
article_snippet.sent: Guangzhou is the richest and most powerful city in southern China, with a keen taste for exotic animals and plants, seen as extreme even in other regions of China.
article_snippet.sent: One may of thought that the rise of Guangzhou's economy and subsequent education would have reduced the consumption of endangered animals, but quite the opposite.
article_snippet.sent: The consumption of these endangered animals have now become a symbol of Guangzhou's new wealth.
article_snippet.sent: The group organises various workshops and lectures in the local Guangzhou's universities.
article_snippet.sent: Each month, they co-ordinate field investigation among Guangzhou's live market and record the number of protected species.
article_snippet.sent: On recent visits to Guangzhou's notorious live animal markets of Qingping and Huadiwan, SCNS identified a wealth of protected animals from koala bears to crocodiles to great white sharks.
highlights_snippet.sent: Markets in Guangzhou stock exotic and rare animals destined for restaurant menus, pharmacists and pet cages .
  