AR-News: Wild animal farm shut down for trafficking in protected animals

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Le MatinaL Online
Feb 8, 2004

[Translated from French]

Guinea-Bissau: Wild animal farm shut down for trafficking in protected
animals.

A German national who owns a wild animal farm located in the heart of
Guinea-Bissau has been ordered to cease all activities and his operation
has been shut down until further notice for "large scale trafficking" in
protected animals, it was learned on Wednesday in Bissau from
corroborating sources.

Hans Joerg Schuhmann, who settled in Guinea-Bissau in 1993, operates
River Zoo Farm in Xime, a village located
in the Bambadinca District (Bafata Region), where  he raises wild
animals for export. On Wednesday, Mr. Schuhmann was summoned to the
Bureau of the Environment in Bissau. All authorizations for the
operation of his farm have been withdrawn and he has been ordered to
cease all activities until further notice for his involvement in "large
scale trafficking in wild animals protected under international law," a
source close to this office has told AFP. [Agence France Presse, the big
French news agency] This report has been confirmed to AFP by the local
office of an international environmental protection organization. Hans
Joerg Schumann was recently cited in connection with the planned export
of 100 dolphins to Asia, slated to take place in February/March and
denounced by several environmental protection organizations. River Zoo
Farm keeps several species of animals confined in cages, some of which
(crocodiles, otters, and several species of chimpanzees) are in danger
of disappearing. According to this environmental protection
organization, the farm's managers have been operating on 200 hectares
[494 acres], despite the fact that they are only authorized to engage in
agricultural operations on 90 hectares [222 acres].


the wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. he is in front of it - axel munthe

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