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September 26, 2016

CITES CoP17: Conservationists Urge Immediate Action to End Poaching of Ploughshare Tortoise

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - September 26, 2016 - Unless the government of Madagascar takes swift action to enforce international anti-poaching and anti-trafficking laws, the country’s largest tortoise—the ploughshare tortoise (or angonoka tortoise)—will likely go extinct in the wild within the next two years.

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September 23, 2016

CITES CoP17: WCS Applauds Lao PDR for Committing to Shut Down Commercial Tiger Farms

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – (September 23, 2016) – Lao PDR’s announced a decision at CITES CoP17 to end the practice of breeding tigers for commercial purposes.

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