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Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends
The two Belgians were arrested in Kenya’s Nakuru county, which is home to various national parks. The 5,000 ants were found ...
Kenyan court tries Belgian teens on ant smuggling charges
The Kenyan Wildlife Service said the case was a shift from smuggling larger mammals to "ecologically critical species." The ...
Ant smugglers arrested in Kenya as government warns of changing trafficking trends
Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx were arrested with 5,000 ants at a guest house, and were distraught during their appearance ...
'Ant gang' to be sentenced for smuggling live insects out of Kenya
STORY: Four ant smugglers will be sentenced after pleading guilty to charges of illegal possession and trafficking of live wildlife.The group called themselves the “ant gang”, according to prosecutor ...
'Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat'
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...