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Ants smuggling an emerging serious issue - CAJ News Africa
by AKANI CHAUKEJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AN academic said the smuggling of ants out of Africa marks another troubling shift in the world of wildlife crime. Prof Henk Bouwman, from the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management at North-West University (NWU) in South Africa, said such trafficking posed a significant threat to local ecosystems unprepared for the arrival of foreign species. “Smuggling ants is a serious issue. Moving any animal…
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