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Elephant's Foot: Poachers pluck South Africa's 'succulent' plants for Chinese market

Succulents: South Africa's New Plant Poaching Pandemic. [VOA]

South African customs officials recently became suspicious when they noticed that shipments of "Made in China" children's toys were being sent, oddly, back to China.

On closer inspection, the packages did not contain toys at all but were filled with poached contraband.

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