Birds, bugs and butterflies netted in global seizures by Interpol

Mongabay
Dec 12, 2025, 5:08 pm129 ptsTrending
In a single month this year, nearly 30,000 live animals, were seized in a coordinated global crackdown on the illegal trade in wildlife and plants. Known as Operation Thunder and coordinated by Interpol and the World Customs Organization (WCO), it also confiscated tens of thousands of body parts from endangered…

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