LA Zoo helps launch first-of-its-kind network to combat wildlife trafficking
by Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times
Nov 01, 2023
2 minutes
LOS ANGELES — Ninja poked his head out from under his shell and nibbled away at food scraps next to a podium at the Los Angeles Zoo as Chief Executive and Director Denise Verret made a landmark announcement.
The radiated tortoise, who was confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service alongside dozens of other critically endangered, trafficked reptiles and brought to
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