Thousands of wild animals, including primates and big cats, rescued in Interpol crackdown on illegal wildlife smuggling
In this photo provided by Interpol on July 10, 2019, a lion cub is seen inside a cage. The cub, detected in India by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and West Bengal Forest Department, is en route to the United Kingdom from Bangladesh.
Dubbed Operation Thunderball, the Singapore-based investigation sought to target transnational crime networks seeking to profit from wildlife smuggling activities. It was the third such Interpol mission in recent years. In this photo provided by Interpol on July 10, 2019, Ecuador's Environmental Police officers hold a Snapping Turtle during checkpoint inspections in Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, Ecuador. They also confiscated 440 elephant tusks and an additional 545 kilogrammes of ivory, the organisation said, pointing to a flourishing illegal wildlife trade online.
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