Dead Bodies Of 158 Critically Endangered Crocodiles Discovered By Border Police In China During Routine Check

What started off as a routine check by the border police in China near the?Vietnam border, led to the discovery of?158 dead "critically endangered" crocodiles.

Of these,?the bodies of at least 70 crocodiles were found frozen while the remaining 88 were reduced to just their tails.

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The lifeless bodies of these Siamese crocodiles had been stuffed into 16 foam boxes for delivery to an as of yet unnamed destination where they would most likely have been turned into shoes, wallets and bags.

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"It's sickening to the soul," Gary Stokes, the Southeast Asia director, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, told The Dodo. "Sadly, shipments such as these are a too-familiar sight."

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