Scientists call on Ecuador to stop the rising trafficking of Galápagos iguanas

Mongabay
Nov 4, 2026, 7:04 am74 ptsTrending
Ecuadorian authorities said they caught a Russian woman at the airport in Quito, the capital city, trying to smuggle 32 live marine iguanas, endemic to the Galápagos Islands. The iguanas — bound and stuffed in eight plastic boxes — were headed to Iceland. The dehydrated lizards were transferred to a…

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