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Endangered animals found in deep freeze (RuptlyTV)
Mexican authorities located a building in the northern state of Nuevo Leon via the Internet that was used as a storage site for wild animals, some of them protected species, being sold by traffickers, the Profepa environmental protection agency said in a statement.
The discovery in Monterrey, the capital of Nuevo Leon, was the result of a joint investigation by Profepa and the Attorney General's Office.
Officers found a freezer containing 40 dead animals. In addition to the dead animals, authorities recovered 12 animals found in deplorable conditions without food or water.
Read the rest at La Prensa
Photo: EFE/Profepa
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