Smugglers already have to answer to the police if they are caught, but a 38-year-old Thai man may have to answer to a much higher authority for attempting to steal almost thirteen percent of an entire species. According to the watchdog group TRAFFIC, law enforcement arrested the man at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok and found that he was attempting to steal 54 ploughshare tortoises, a critically endangered species from Madagascar. Not only was he abducting a large number of rare animals, but his haul put a dent in the conservation efforts of organizations hoping to preserve the 400 individual animals thought to be left in the wild.
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