‘Conservation litigation’ tries to put a true price on wildlife crime

Mongabay
Jun 10, 2021, 3:20 pm702 ptsTrending
Gibbons, hornbills, komodo dragons and even Sumatran orangutans — these are just a few of the animals once kept illegally behind bars at a small zoo in North Sumatra, Indonesia. In 2019, police raided the zoo for operating and keeping protected species without appropriate permits, and the facility eventually…

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