Brazil police repatriate exotic native animals trafficked to Togo


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024

A Lear’s macaw is seen after members of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) rescued it in Africa and brought it back to Brazil, at the Sao Paulo International Airport, in Guarulhos, Brazil, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Carla Carniel

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's federal police and environmental protection agency Ibama have repatriated native parrots and monkeys suspected of having been illegally trafficked to Togo, the force said.

The animals arrived back in Brazil over the weekend, the federal police said in a statement on Monday.

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