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Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago

Nearly 20,000 animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown

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Nearly 20,000 animals seized in global wildlife trafficking crackdown

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Garibaldee@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months ago
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Big cats, birds, primates and pangolins were among the nearly 20,000 threatened or protected animals rescued in a recent global operation against wildlife and forestry traffickers. Led by Interpol and the World Customs Organization (WCO), the campaign, called Operation Thunder 2024, involved police, customs, border patrol, forestry and wildlife officials from 138 countries and regions. […]
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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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    What happens to the metric ton of sea cucumber?

    • Garibaldee@lemm.eeOP
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      https://apnews.com/article/sea-cucumber-smuggling-789e6d45705a7a4f570e64604f186aff

      Wildlife traffickers pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to illegally importing endangered sea cucumbers — which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed aphrodisiac.

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        Right… But do they go to a wildlife rehabilitation sanctuary… Or what?

        • Bob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.de
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          Trump is trying to claim that they are property of the US government, so that he can sell them to restaurants in China.

          Wait, is he really doing that or did I just make that up? Who can even tell anymore.

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    “Sir, these lions are counterfeit.”

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