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April 2, 2013 12:44 pm PDT
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Thailand: 13% of endangered tortoise species discovered in smuggler's bag at airport
Indian Star Tortoises. Photo: P.Tansom/TRAFFIC Authorities in Thailand made two big seizures of attempted tortoise smuggling at an airport this week. Hundreds of threatened tortoises were discovered, and they are among the rarest in the world. Two smugglers were apprehended. From TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network: On Friday, authorities arrested a 38-year-old Thai man [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/k-Ub4AKOn68/story01.htm
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