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Actuality, by Marketplace and Quartz

Smuggler’s Morgue

Sabri Ben-Achour Jan 14, 2016
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Confiscated wildlife products. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Actuality, by Marketplace and Quartz

Smuggler’s Morgue

Sabri Ben-Achour Jan 14, 2016
Confiscated wildlife products. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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This week, Actuality visits a lab at the front line of the fight against a peculiar crime — animal trafficking. The global black market for snakes, sea cucumbers, ivory and the like is hot, but the world is starting to crack down. Plus, whale euthanasia.

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