Rolly
Sep 18, 2011, 11:40 PM
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The odd impact of the drug wars on the country's zoos
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Mexican police and military forces have discovered drug cartel private zoos that housed tigers, panthers and lions among other exotic breeds of animal. Some drug cartel zoos have included giraffes, buffalos and camels.
As federal authorities capture or kill a growing number of gang leaders, many of their pets are being driven from their gilded cages into more modest housing in the country's zoos. That has proved overwhelming for some institutions, which are struggling to cope with the influx. But it is also giving Mexican animal lovers a bounty of new creatures to admire.
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