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Mystical beliefs are fueling Senegal’s illegal big cat trade
The Panthera report said an entire lion skin can fetch the equivalent of $1,900 or more. Senegal’s hunting and wildlife laws are widely considered to be too lax, recent sentences for smuggling lion ...
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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 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 ...