ANTANANARIVO (Madagascar), Dec 2 — Several dozen lemurs and more than 900 tortoises endemic to Madagascar that were trafficked to Thailand will be returned home this week, the...
A lemur of the Lemur Catta or Maki type, a species of lemur endemic to Madagascar , is locked in a wooden crate in Antananarivo on December 1, 2024, having just been repatriated, along with several other members of its species, to the Big Island after a lengthy investigation that led to the dismantling of an international pet trafficking network.
Around 914 spider and radiated tortoises, which were seized in Thailand in May in what both countries described as the largest-ever operation against the trafficking of wild animals, will also return. This repatriation marks “the culmination of considerable efforts” led by Madagascar to “bring back these endemic species that are classified as in critical danger of extinction”, said the government.
Thailand is a notorious stopping off point for trafficked wild animals often destined for lucrative markets in Vietnam and China. — AFP
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