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Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal big cat trade and threaten lion’s survival in West Africa
Between 2019 and 2024, authorities in Senegal confiscated some 40 lion and leopard skins, according to the Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Network, a wildlife law ...
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Mystical beliefs are fueling Senegal’s illegal big cat trade
Senegal’s hunting and wildlife laws are widely considered to be too lax, recent sentences for smuggling lion and leopard parts amounted to just one month in prison. But the battle to protect ...
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Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal trade in big-cat parts
Between 2019 and 2024, authorities in Senegal confiscated some 40 lion and leopard skins, according to the Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Network, a wildlife law ...
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Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal’s illegal big cat trade and threaten lion’s survival in West Africa
Senegal (AP) — The morning sun slants through the canopy of Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park as Sgt. Abdou Diouf and his brigade of rangers march in single file, guns at the ready.
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Mystical beliefs fuel Senegal's illegal big cat trade
Between 2019 and 2024, authorities in Senegal confiscated some 40 lion and leopard skins, according to the Eco Activists for Governance and Law Enforcement (EAGLE) Network, a wildlife law ...