SocietyExotic animal smuggling baffles activists in India

The discovery of five infant orangutans in Odisha has raised fresh questions about how exotic animals enter India and the country’s role in illegal wildlife trafficking. TRAFFIC says the volume and range of species smuggled into India by air and land have risen sharply, with many apparently destined for the exotic pet trade.

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