00:00The 5 most trafficked animals in Colombia
00:02According to the Office of the United Nations Against the Drug and the Delito,
00:06the trafficking of fauna is the fourth illicit business business
00:08most profitable in the world.
00:10Only in Colombia, between January and October of 2022,
00:12were incautated 12.404 animals that were trafficked,
00:16according to the Ministry of Environment.
00:17Unfortunately, the trafficking of animals is a reality in our country.
00:21These are the 5 most trafficked animals in Colombia.
00:23In first place is the tortoise and cotea.
00:25This is a tortoise semi-aquatic,
00:26which live in rivers, cienegas and humedales in the north of Colombia and Venezuela.
00:31They are in a state vulnerable
00:32for factors such as the exploitation for internal consumption of the adult turtles.
00:36In second place is the tortoise mata-mata.
00:38These animals live in rivers, humedales and cienegas of the biome amazônico.
00:42Their high commercialization is one of the most trafficked species in the country.
00:46In third place is the non-nocturnal.
00:47This animal is used to feed from hojas, fruits and seeds,
00:50but also small insects and amphibians.
00:52In fourth place is the titi gris.
00:53This is a exclusive species of Colombia,
00:55which only lives in the Magdalena Medio,
00:57in the shrubes of Caldas, Antioquia and the south of Bolívar.
01:00Finally, we have the periquito bronceado.
01:02This species inhabits open and open areas to the 1,300 meters of altitude,
01:06from Mexico to Colombia.
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