Madagascar: Conservationists Sound Alarm

Conservationists say armed gangs have been sweeping the countryside and are driving Madagascar's tortoises to extinction.

Hunger is forcing desperate families to break ancient taboos and eat lemurs as well as other bush meat - pushing some flagship species to the brink of extinction.

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