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Jewelled gecko (moko kākāriki) Photo: Flickr / Eric de Leeuw / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
March 13, 2020
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Wildlife smugglers have been sent a stern message after an Auckland woman was convicted and fined for bringing Asiatic bear bile into the country. It is the first time a person has been convicted for smuggling bear bile, but it’s one of thousands of cases of species seized at the border in New Zealand every year. Today on The Detail Dylan Swain from the Department of Conservation talks about the battle against wildlife smuggling, both in and out of the country.

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