Bij een illegale broodfokker in Eindhoven zijn na melding van House of Animals meer dan veertig volwassen honden en zeker zes nesten puppy’s aangetroffen. De dieren zaten in zwaar vervuilde verblijven, waar de LID-controleur ‘tranen in de ogen’ kreeg van de stank. Landelijke Inspectie Dierenbescherming (LID )
Illegale broodfokker in Eindhoven | Beeld: Fotoblad LID
Onze onderzoeken zijn niet altijd zichtbaar in de zin dat we zelf gaan filmen. Soms krijgen we meldingen, doen op basis daarvan uitgebreid onderzoek en bouwen een dossier op. In dit geval deden we daaropvolgend ook een handhavingsverzoek bij de gemeente Eindhoven. Op deze locatie is het niet toegestaan om bedrijfsmatig honden te fokken, want het is in strijd met het geldende bestemmingsplan. En complimenten voor de gemeente, want zij kwamen binnen een week in actie.
Illegale broodfokker
Half oktober vorig jaar voerde de gemeente Eindhoven een controle uit en vroeg de Landelijke Inspectiedienst Dierenwelzijn (LID) mee te gaan. Tijdens de inspectie bij de illegale broodfokker werden honden van verschillende rassen aangetroffen, waaronder chihuahua’s, pomeriaan-kruisingen en een naakthond. Bij de controle werden niet alleen dieren in het huis aangetroffen, maar ook in de schuur achter de woning.
Verwaarloosde honden in een smerig verblijf | Beeld: Fotoblad LID
Verwaarloosde honden
De verblijven voldeden niet aan de eisen van de wet. De vloer was bezaaid met uitwerpselen. Ventilatie ontbrak. Niet alle honden hadden een zachte ligplaats en de manden die er stonden waren vervuild. De inspecteur van de LID beschrijft in het rapport ‘tranen in de ogen’ te krijgen van de ammoniaklucht in de schuur.
Beeld: Fotoblad LID Och arme dieren!!
Sommige honden hadden een vacht vol klitten en veel te lange nagels. De dieren bleken ook niet goed gevaccineerd te zijn en de paspoorten waren niet in orde. En zoals te verwachten viel heeft deze illegale broodfokker geen vakbekwaamheidsdiploma. Zoals vaak gaat het hier enkel om zoveel mogelijk geld verdienen over de rug van de dieren. En ook nu weer een dubieuze rol voor Marktplaats in dit drama, want daar werden deze arme dieren te koop aangeboden.
Beeld: Fotoblad LID
Compliment voor gemeente Eindhoven
Ik voel trots en dankbaarheid dat ons team deze illegale broodfokker heeft kunnen stoppen. De hoogte van de boete is nog niet duidelijk, maar wél is zeker dat de gemeente vanaf 10 april gaat handhaven. Als de fokker dan alsnog doorgaat krijgt ze een dwangsom van maximaal 20.000 euro opgelegd. Saillant detail is dat de betrokken dierenarts ook een van de twee dierenartsen van de broodfokker in Chaam blijkt te zijn. Later hierover meer. En tot slot GROTE complimenten voor de gemeente Eindhoven, vanwege het daadkrachtige optreden. Samenwerking maakt ons sterk voor dieren! .
Morocco is experiencing its worst drought in decades, making it increasingly difficult for farmers to grow crops in this western region of Marakesh-Safi. Beginning in the early 2000s, some started treeing their goats to earn tips from tourists. The income source dwindled after the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020. But after the country’s lockdown ended, the goat-display business resumed—and with it, criticism from animal welfare advocates such as Liz Cabrera Holtz, Wildlife Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection, a UK-based global nonprofit.
“These animals are being manipulated and exploited,” she says. “They're not moving freely. They don't have access to food, water, or even shade. Being forced to stay in trees for hours is not a normal behavior."
‘Flying goats’
The goats perched in Morocco’s trees are “trained to do it as a spectacle,” says Marrakech-based tour guide Mohamed Elaamrani. “They can climb trees and even mountains, and they’re really good at it. Some of my guests refer to them as flying goats. They want to see them because there’s nothing like this anywhere else in the world.”
The argan nut contains one to three oil-rich argan kernels. Extraction yields from 30% to 50% of the oil in the kernels, depending on the method It takes about 40 kilograms (88 lb) of dried argan fruit to produce only one litre of oil.
Extraction is key to the production process. To extract the kernels, workers first dry argan fruit in the open air and then remove the fleshy pulp. Some producers remove the flesh mechanically without drying the fruit. Moroccans usually use the flesh as animal feed. A tradition in some areas of Morocco allows goats to climb argan trees to feed freely on the fruits. The kernels are then later retrieved from the goat droppings, considerably reducing the labour involved in extraction at the expense of some potential gustatory aversion. In modern practice, the peels are removed by hand.
Workers gently roast kernels they will use to make culinary argan oil. After the argan kernels cool, workers grind and press them. The brown-coloured mash expels pure, unfiltered argan oil. Finally, they decant unfiltered argan oil into vessels. The remaining press cake is protein-rich and frequently used as cattle feed.
Plantation of argans
After the first sales in the US of the cosmetic product in 2003, demand soared and production increased. In 2012 the Moroccan government planned for increased production, then around 2,500 tonnes, to 4,000 tonnes by 2020.
It was found that stocks of argan oil were being diluted with oils such as sunflower, as the extraction process for pure argan oil can be difficult, and is costly. In 2012, the Moroccan government started to randomly pull argan shipments and test for purity before exporting.
By 2020, production had greatly increased, especially after studies had suggested health benefits. Almost all of the oil is sourced in Morocco, and is forecast to reach 19,623 US tons (17,802 ton) in 2022, up from 4,836 (4387 ton) in 2014; in value terms, US$1.79 billion (£1.4 billion).
The area of producing the oil is expanding: in 2020 it had started near the city of Agadir, 175 kilometres (109 mi) south of the traditional argan-producing area of Essaouira, and is due to expand north.
40 kilograms (88 lb) of dried argan fruit produces only one litre of oil. Mechanically extracted oil production has started, with the industrial scale driving down prices, impacting the small co-operatives, where work is mostly done by Berber women in the traditional, labour-intensive way. Mechanically produced oil can cost as little as US$22 a litre, less than half the cost of oil made by the cooperatives. This can have a great social impact. However, the huge cosmetics company L'Oréal has pledged to source all of its argan oil from the small co-operatives that sign up to the principles of fair trade.
Environmental
The argan tree provides food, shelter and protection from desertification. The trees' deep roots help prevent desert encroachment. The canopy of argan trees also provides shade for other agricultural products, and the leaves and fruit provide feed for animals.
The argan tree also helps landscape stability, helping to prevent soil erosion, providing shade for pasture grasses, and helping to replenish aquifers.
Producing argan oil has helped to protect argan trees from being cut down. In addition, regeneration of the Arganeraie has also been carried out: in 2009 an operation to plant 4,300 argan plants was launched in Meskala in the province of Essaouira
Social
The production of argan oil has always had a socio economic function. At present, its production supports about 2.2 million people in the main argan oil–producing region, the Arganeraie.
Much of the argan oil produced today is made by a number of women's co-operatives. Co-sponsored by the Social Development Agency with the support of the European Union, the UCFA (Union des Cooperatives des Femmes de l’Arganeraie) is the largest union of argan oil co-operatives in Morocco. It comprises 22 co-operatives that are found in other parts of the region.
As of 2020, there were around 300 small firms, mostly co-operatives, in the area about 25 kilometres (16 mi) inland from Essaouira, on the Atlantic coast. The women who harvest the seeds are mostly of the Berber ethnic group, with traditional skills dating from generations ago.
The success of the argan co-operatives has also encouraged other producers of agricultural products to adopt the co-operative model.[20] The establishment of the co-operatives has been aided by support from within Morocco, notably the Foundation Mohamed VI pour la Recherche et la Sauvegarde de l’Arganier (Mohammed VI Foundation for Research and Protection of the Argan Tree),[21] and from international organisations, including Canada's International Development Research Centre and the European Commission.[citation needed]
However, despite many working a very long day, the women usually make less than US$221 (£170 stg) a month (and even as low as US$50), which is below Morocco's recommended national minimum wage. Zoubida Charrouf, a chemistry professor at Mohammed V University of Rabat is an advocate for higher salaries, as well as the author of studies into its health benefits. She says that some companies pay drivers to bring tourists to their facilities, to sell them the oil, rather than pay their workers properly. Morocco's minister of agriculture has asked for Charrouf's help in forcing firms to join trade bodies and commit to paying staff the minimum wage.
While we wait for the European Commission to officially ban cages in the EU - a change we hope is imminent, due to the huge success of the “End the Cage Age” ECI, and the subsequent declaration by Commissioner Varhelyi that a ban on caged farming will be included in the revised animal welfare legislation - a couple of Member States have been making noteworthy progress towards phasing out cages in their national contexts.
99% of laying hens in Sweden are free from cages
According to the latest statistics from the Swedish egg industry, the number of hens kept in cages in the country has fallen dramatically.
When Project 1882 started its mission to phase out cages 17 years ago, roughly 40 percent of laying hens were caged in Sweden. This figure has now fallen to less than one percent, in large part thanks to the several companies that have committed to stop using eggs sourced from caged hens.
Due to this significant decrease, spurred along by Project 1882’s campaigning efforts to get wholesalers, restaurants, and consumers to exclude eggs from their purchases, it is estimated that over two million hens have been saved from a life of confinement since 2008, with 90,000 in the past year alone.
Reflecting this excellent development, Benny Andersson, CEO of Project 1882, surmises Sweden should “lead the way” when it comes to addressing a phase-out of cages at EU level, adding that “a comprehensive EU ban” is something we have been promised.
The Slovenian government has announced it will phase out cages
Over in Slovenia, the government has officially committed to phasing out cages by 2028, and will now work on putting this into law.
This advancement is owed to the work of our member, the Animal Enterprise Transparency Project, which has been advocating tirelessly for a ban on cages. Through its 2024 “Slovenia Against Cages” campaign, it amassed signatures calling for an end to the cage age and shared informative materials on the experiences of caged animals. It also called on the Ministry, coordinated investigative releases, and worked with influencers and allies to spread the word about the need for a cage ban.
As the results from the 2023 Eurobarometer showed, 19 out of 20 EU citizens oppose the use of cages, and 94% of Slovenians think it’s important to protect farm animals. This latest government statement is therefore extremely welcome, and bodes positively for the state of animal welfare in the country.
We started working on a national-level cage ban because we are tired of waiting for the EU to help Slovenian animals, and tired of their broken promises. On the other hand, we hope a ban on cages in another Member State will provide additional momentum for the European Commission to finally end the cage age, producing the EU-wide legislation these vulnerable animals need.
Samo Curk, President, Animal Enterprise Transparency Project
Working towards a cage-free future in the EU
Member States are proving it’s entirely possible and realistic to phase out cages. Along with Sweden and Slovenia, several have reported significant progress towards this goal, including Luxembourg, Austria, and Germany.
However, there is still one missing piece to protect the progress that has been made in these nations. European legislation is clearly called for by citizens and decision-makers alike, including those involved in the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture.
Phasing out cages in the EU: the road to a smooth transition
The hidden suffering of monkeys transported to the UK to be used in testing laboratories, has been revealed following the release of inspection reports and 'never-before-seen' photographs of monkeys inside transit crates destined for Manchester Airport. The findings have raised major animal welfare concerns, and renewed calls by animal protection groups, Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns and Action for Primates and Animal Welfare Party, to the UK government and Manchester Airport to end the import of primates to the UK.
The reports and images were released to the Dutch-Belgian based organisation Animal Rights, following a freedom of information request submitted to Brussels Airport, a key transit hub for the global trade in monkeys. These reveal that thousands of long-tailed macaques, some just two years of age, are transported as cargo on airlines to Brussels airport each year, primarily from Mauritius and Vietnam. In some cases, the monkeys continue by air from Brussels to the UK or the USA. Others are transported by road to laboratories and suppliers across Europe.
Monkeys destined for the UK are transported from Brussels by cargo carriers to Manchester Airport. On arrival, the monkeys are loaded onto a truck and driven by road to their final destination – the testing laboratory, primarily contract testing facilities. At these laboratories, the monkeys are subjected to toxicity tests, the main area in which long-tailed macaques are used.
The photographs show distressed monkeys, including those destined for the UK, cowering inside the small wooden crates used to transport them, while the inspection reports reveal disturbing situations, including:
On 28th May 2024, one monkey had a suspected rectal prolapse, yet inspectors at Brussels Airport allowed him to be loaded onto an aircraft and transported to Manchester Airport. Photographs show the rear end of the monkey stained with blood, and blood smeared on the inside of the crate.
On 24th July 2023, inspectors at Brussels Airport reported that the temperature in the cargo hold of an aircraft could not be controlled and was estimated to be about 10°C, which they acknowledged ...is too cold for the animals. The transport was, nevertheless, approved to fly to Manchester Airport.
On 17th July 2024, during an inspection of a shipment of monkeys destined for the USA, officials reported that one monkey was found dead in the transit crate.
Transportation by air is a stressful ordeal for monkeys, who may become so distressed that they can become ill or die in transit. Shipped as cargo, monkeys spend many hours confined singly in small transit crates, cruelly deprived of the companionship of others, whom they would normally hold onto for comfort under stressful conditions. Journey times to the final destination, including air and ground transit times, can be extremely long, and the monkeys may have to endure inadequate ventilation, unfamiliar and loud noise, extreme temperature fluctuations and delays en route.
Animal Welfare Party and Cheshire Animal Rights have been campaigning for Greater Manchester councils, who are stakeholders in Manchester Airport, to take a stand against the airport's role in the global primate trade. A 'Shareholder of Shame' protest is to be held outside Manchester City Council meeting on Wednesday 27th November, between 9-10AM at Manchester Town Hall, M2 5DB. Manchester City Council hold the largest share – 35% – in Manchester Airport. Further details: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=989343943229486
Jane Smith, deputy leader, Animal Welfare Party, said: The import of live monkeys destined for UK vivisection laboratories brings shame on Manchester Airports Group plc, its council stakeholders and the North West region. We are calling on MAG plc to end this horrific practice immediately as part of the movement to consign testing on primates to the dustbin of history where it belongs.
Hannah Bell, Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns, stated: For decades, there have been calls for Manchester Airport to stop accepting flights that import animals for laboratories and in particular primates. It is a secretive business that took years of investigating to uncover. Thanks to the latest expose, we can put a face to the clandestine "cargo" that the airport accepts - and that face is utterly heartbreaking, the suffering unacceptable. Manchester Airport must stop facilitating this trade and close its gateway to hell on shipments of monkeys imported for laboratories.
Sarah Kite, Co-founder, Action for Primates, stated: These distressing revelations and images have placed the secretive world of the primate research and toxicity testing industry firmly in the spotlight. Sentient and intelligent monkeys are being subjected to a terrifying and traumatic ordeal as they are shipped as cargo in small crates on long journeys across the world to the UK. This is a cruel and inhumane trade in monkeys' lives and we call upon the UK Government to end it.
Long-tailed macaques are intelligent and highly social non-human primates with unique cultures and behaviours. They contribute to biodiversity and play an important ecological role in their native ecosystems. Their conservation status was recently elevated to Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, reinforcing the importance of protecting the specie
Jail for women in UK monkey torture case
Two women have been imprisoned for their part in a global monkey torture ring that paid for and ordered baby monkeys to be tortured and killed in Indonesia to create videos to be circulated online. Holly LeGresley, who was sentenced to two years and Adriana Orme, who was sentenced to 15 months, both pleaded guilty to charges of publishing an obscene article and causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
The sentences have been welcomed by animal protection groups Action for Primates and Lady Freethinker, who have spent over three years investigating the sadistic world of animal torture groups. The convictions are part of an international effort by law enforcement agencies in several countries, in particular the UK and the USA, to identify and prosecute those groups and individuals who facilitate the torture of baby monkeys. Several people in the USA are already serving prison sentences.
Sarah Kite, spokesperson for Action for Primates, and who assisted the UK police with their investigation, stated: We are extremely grateful to West Mercia Police for bringing these charges. Anyone involved in this type of behaviour must be held to account, and others need to know that such extreme cruelty and depravity will never be tolerated. We hope these sentences will deter others from becoming involved in these perverted and sadistic activities.
Nina Jackel, Founder, Lady Freethinker, stated: The horrors being inflicted on innocent, baby monkeys for online videos are sickening, and strong actions must be taken to protect animals from such brutality at the hands of humans. Those involved in the creation or distribution of animal torture content for 'enjoyment' pose a threat to both animals and humans, and they must be held accountable.
LeGresley and Orme were members of a Telegram group run by Michael Macartney from Virginia, USA, who called himself "the Torture King". Macartney, who was recently sentenced to three years and four months in prison for conspiring to make and distribute "animal crush" videos, ran several online Telegram groups that facilitated the 'torture, murder and sexually sadistic mutilation' of baby long-tailed macaques for 'fun'. LeGresley, who called herself "The Immolator", was an administrator of this group and even ran a poll for group members to vote on the method of torture they wanted to see inflicted upon a monkey for a video to be made, funded by the group. The choices included sealing a monkey inside a jar with red ants, applying a painful substance to the wounds created by a cheese grater or gluing together various parts of a monkey's body.
The perverted 'enjoyment' LeGresley and Orme obtained from watching baby monkeys brutally tortured and abused in the most sadistic ways is horrifying and evident in the sickening comments they made in group chats on Telegram:
Orme: I love mental torture. It's funny what you can reach and see how they change. I would start fucking them up mentally, then slowly bit by bit physically, torture them, heal them, torture them, heal them. Keep them alive like this for as long as possible. Yeah beatings or dragging and then feeding with its mouth taped lol.
LeGresley: I feel very satisfied when I see monkeys suffer too. It makes me happy. I like it, the little rat got sliced up good and proper, and it survived long enough to suffer! whats the point in just killing them? Thats no fun. I wonder if they could simply lower a baby monkey into boiling water. I'd quite like to see one try to swim as it burns alive.
Members of these online torture groups are primarily active on platforms such as Telegram and get 'pleasure' from watching helpless and vulnerable infant monkeys – some just a few days old – in terror and pain fighting for their lives. The extreme cruelty inflicted upon the baby monkeys included being set alight; having parts of their body cut off, including limbs, genitals, fingers and toes; their bones broken with a hammer; their heads squeezed in a clamp; beaten viciously; and having their eyes drilled out with a power tool.
The evidence obtained during the investigations by Action for Primates, a UK-based project that advocates globally on behalf of non-human primates, and Lady Freethinker, a US-based animal protection organisation, has been given to various law enforcement agencies and spurred the BBC investigation and documentary about online monkey torture gangs – "The Monkey Haters" – which helped lead to the inclusion of animal cruelty in the UK Online Safety Act.
Disturbingly, many graphic and violent videos paid for by members in Telegram groups – depicting extreme violence and sexual abuse inflicted upon baby monkeys, including genital mutilation – have appeared on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook. By allowing these people to operate and post monkey torture content, social media companies are facilitating criminal activity on their platforms.
Notes to Editor:
About Action for Primates: Action for Primates is a UK-based project that campaigns on behalf of non-human primates globally. Action for Primates raises awareness about the plight of and threats to non-human primates around the world and works to end their exploitation, whether in captivity or in the wild. Action for Primates Website: https://actionforprimates.org/
About Lady Freethinker: Founded in 2013, LFT is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organisation dedicated to exposing and stopping the suffering of animals, humans and the planet. Through its undercover investigations, news reporting, and petitions, LFT brings to light suffering that may otherwise go ignored and works toward lasting, systemic change. LFT also provides direct aid to animal rescue. LFT Website: https://ladyfreethinker.org/
Een enorme ijsberg kan voor veel problemen zorgen voor de scheepvaart en pinguïnkolonies.
Het gaat om A23a, de grootste ijsberg ter wereld. De bijna 4000 vierkante kilometer grote ijsmuur - net iets kleiner dan de provincie Gelderland - drijft van Antarctica recht naar het Britse eiland Zuid-Georgia.
Het ijsblok dat zeker 40 meter hoog is, brak in 1986 al af van de Filchner-Ronne-ijsplaat, maar lag sinds die tijd vast op de bodem van de Weddellzee. Kort geleden is het reusachtige ding op drift geraakt. Als het echt vast komt te zitten op Zuid-Georgia kan dat problematisch worden voor miljoenen pinguïns, zeehonden en broedvogels.
Vaak vallen op drift geraakte ijsbergen op een zeker moment uit elkaar. Dat kan ook met A23a gebeuren, maar dan dient zich weer een ander probleem aan: schepen kunnen op de brokstukken varen, omdat de kleinere stukken slechter te zien zijn op satellieten.
"Al is het ijs gevaarlijk; hoe groter het is, hoe gemakkelijker het te vinden en te vermijden is. Kleiner ijs is veel moeilijker te detecteren, maar is zeker niet minder gevaarlijk", zegt Simon Wallace, kapitein van een onderzoeksschip bij CNN. "Kleiner ijs kan zich ophopen in de baaien en fjorden van Zuid-Georgia, waardoor deze ontoegankelijk worden, wat echt problematisch kan zijn."
Een gemeenschap in het zuiden van Madagaskar heeft de handen in elkaar geslagen om duizenden ernstig bedreigde schildpadden te redden. De dieren werden uit hun toevluchtsoord meegesleurd en zwemmend voor hun leven achtergelaten tijdens overstromingen die deze maand werden veroorzaakt door een tropische cycloon.
Luka GeetsBron:Reuters, AP
Overstromingswater van een meter hoog overspoelde het opvangcentrum en de schildpadden werden meegesleurd. Velen van hen waren nog ‘jonge’ schildpadden in de schildpaddenwereld van ongeveer 25-50 jaar oud.
Medewerkers van het opvangcentrum, leden van de gemeenschap en zelfs politieagenten werkten samen aan een reddingsoperatie, waarbij ze met grote containers door het water waadden om de verbijsterde schildpadden op te halen. Sommige redders bouwden beschadigde gebouwen om tot tijdelijke vlotten waar de schildpadden op konden varen om anderen te vinden.
De 12.000 stralings- en spinschildpadden die in het Lavavolo Schildpaddencentrum waren ondergebracht, waren in beslag genomen door illegale handelaars in wilde dieren. Ze moesten een nieuwe en onverwachte beproeving doorstaan toen cycloon Dikeledi midden januari het zuidelijke deel van het eiland in de Indische Oceaan trof.
Hoewel er nog een officiële telling moet komen, schat het reservaat dat ze meer dan 10.000 schildpadden hebben gered. Dat zegt de directeur van de Turtle Survival Alliance Hery Razafimamonjiraibe. De uiteindelijke telling doen is niet gemakkelijk volgens hem. “Schildpadden kunnen als ze willen sneller bewegen dan je denkt, en ze werken zelden mee", zegt hij.
De reddingswerkers hebben tot nu toe ongeveer 700 dode schildpadden geborgen, die volgens de directeur vastzaten in rotsen en puin tijdens de overstromingen.
“Gelukkig konden de meeste schildpadden blijven drijven”, zei Razafimamonjiraibe. “Schildpadden kunnen eigenlijk heel goed zwemmen”, voegde hij eraan toe. “Je zou ze eens moeten zien.”
Hoewel de meeste schildpadden zijn teruggebracht naar het reservaat, waren de overstromingen een klap voor het centrum, dat veel van zijn infrastructuur is kwijtgeraakt.
Lavavolo Tortoise Center onderging in 2018 een grote renovatie toen de autoriteiten een groep van 10.000 stralenschildpadden in beslag namen van illegale handelaars en een plek nodig hadden om ze te houden. Later kwamen er nog meer in beslag genomen schildpadden bij.
De meeste schildpadden in Lavavolo zijn stralenschildpadden, die oorspronkelijk voorkomen op Madagaskar en de nabijgelegen eilanden Réunion en Mauritius. Ze worden over het algemeen ongeveer 30 centimeter lang, maar ze leven lang en kunnen wel 100 jaar of ouder worden.
188 jaar oud
De Britse ontdekkingsreiziger kapitein James Cook zou in 1777 een stralenschildpad cadeau hebben gedaan aan de Tongaanse koninklijke familie. Naar verluidt stierf de schildpad in 1966 op 188-jarige leeftijd.
Stralings- en spinschildpadden worden ernstig bedreigd in Madagaskar door de vernietiging van hun habitat en stroperij. Ze worden gegeten, maar ook illegaal verhandeld om als huisdier te worden verkocht door hun opvallende gele en zwarte markeringen op hun schild. Dat bevestigt directeur Razafimamonjiraibe.
Er waren ooit tientallen miljoenen stralenschildpadden in Madagaskar, aldus de Turtle Alliance, maar hun aantal is drastisch afgenomen. Ze zouden zijn verdwenen uit 65% van hun natuurlijke habitat.
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