Trafficking of jaguar canines to China, where they are used in jewellery and as an aphrodisiac, has turned into a lucrative enterprise in Bolivia. Photo: AFP
Trafficking of jaguar canines to China, where they are used in jewellery and as an aphrodisiac, has turned into a lucrative enterprise in Bolivia. Photo: AFP
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World /  Americas

Bolivian jaguars endangered by Chinese demand for their fangs and other body parts

Traffickers also sell the skin, and even the testicles, which along with the ground-down teeth, are prized by some Chinese as an aphrodisiac

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 8:05pm, 6 Apr, 2018

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Trafficking of jaguar canines to China, where they are used in jewellery and as an aphrodisiac, has turned into a lucrative enterprise in Bolivia. Photo: AFP
Trafficking of jaguar canines to China, where they are used in jewellery and as an aphrodisiac, has turned into a lucrative enterprise in Bolivia. Photo: AFP
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