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Madagascar: Lemur Poisoning On the Rise

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, Development, Environment

Mongabay writes that the environmental NGO Fanamby in Madagascar warns of a new practice of poisoning lemurs to poach them [1] [Warning: graphic images]. Fanamby also notes that lemur poaching and rosewood trafficking are on the rise [2]since the political crisis of 2009 (fr).