After being victims of illegal trafficking, eight specimens of white-fronted parrots (Amazona albifrons) were released in the Anikabil archaeo-botanical park, located in …
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National Guard seizes Bengal tiger cub at the Merida Airport
MÉRIDA, Yucatán, (January 7, 2022) .- Authorities rescued a Bengal tiger cub on Thursday, January 6th, at the “Manuel Crescencio Rejón” Mérida International …
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Colombian authorities seize hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe
BOGOTA, December 3, 2021, (Reuters) – Colombian authorities seized hundreds of creepy crawlies as they were being taken illegally to Europe via …
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Confiscation of protected species, increasingly frequent at the Mérida Airport
Mérida, Yucatán, (November 13, 2021) .- Francisco Díaz González, commissioner of the Yucatán National Guard, announced which are the most common causes …
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Galapagos Islands airport staff discover 185 baby tortoises wrapped in plastic inside a suitcase
Nearly 200 tortoises, all younger than three months old, were found inside a suitcase at a Galapagos Islands airport on Sunday morning …
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Civil groups form an alliance to combat wildlife trafficking
Facing the beginning of the reproductive season of Psittaciformes (parrots, parakeets, and macaws) and other species of wildlife in Mexico, civil groups …
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Protected species flamingo rescued at the Merida Airport
Just this morning, The Yucatan Times informed that three pink flamingos had been stolen from the Chetumal Zoo, and now animal traffickers …
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Experts will meet in Mérida to discuss how to preserve Yucatecan parrots
On Saturday, March 14, 2020, the first table of analysis on the situation of the psittacids in Mexico will be held in …
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The traffic of endangered species in Yucatan is not a secret, and the Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental Protection (Profepa), in different …