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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Python-Packed Cars Seized in Cambodia


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Wildlife smugglers transporting more than a thousand pounds of reptiles—including water snakes (above) and Burmese pythons—were intercepted by a Cambodian wildlife rescue team in November 2008.

Such large wildlife seizures may signal a positive shift in Cambodia's fight against illegal traders, conservationists say.

Photograph courtesy Nick Marx