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Officials stress chain-of-custody training to curb wildlife trafficking in Ecuador province
Summary
Speakers at a public comment session urged improved chain-of-custody procedures, responder trainings and public reporting after describing frequent wildlife trafficking and a recent seizure of a severely malnourished monkey.
Unnamed speakers at a public comment session urged better chain-of-custody procedures, responder training and public reporting to address wildlife trafficking in a province the speakers described as the second-largest in Ecuador.
The call came from several speakers who described frontline respondersand conservation staff encountering frequent wildlife crimes and needing standard procedures for evidence and animal care. "La cadena de custodia es un procedimiento integral," one speaker said, stressing that the first responder must…
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