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LA Zoo helps launch first-of-its-kind network to combat wildlife trafficking

Ninja, a Madagascar radiated tortoise was confiscated and brought to the Los Angeles Zoo in 1998. The zoo is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Association of Zoos and Aquariums, along with several other zoo and aquarium partners to launch the Southern California Wildlife Confiscations Network. Los Angeles is a major port of entry for wildlife...

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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