Culiacán, Mexico, May 21, 2025 (AFP) - Mexican cartel turf war forces evacuation of exotic animals

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Hundreds of animals including elephants, crocodiles, lions and tigers have been moved from a violence-torn Mexican cartel heartland to a new home in an operation described as a "21st-century Noah's Ark." The transported species, which also included exotic birds, had been housed at the Ostok animal refuge near Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, home to one of the country's most powerful drug gangs. The animal sanctuary's administrators told r......

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