Slaughtered Monitor Lizard (IMAGE)

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Slaughtered Monitor Lizard

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Nearly 500,000 water monitor lizards are slaughtered each year legally in Indonesia for luxury products in western countries. Because the profit margins are huge, the pressure on wild monitor lizards is very high.

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Mark Auliya

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