A hunt for the “kingpin” who’s said to dominate the Colombian trade of selling baby sloths to tourists.

A final blow of the machete, and the branch splinters and falls, slowed by limbs and foliage. The men rush over and lift the branch. The mother is clinging to it, eyes wide, clutching her newborn to her chest.

↩︎ National Geographic

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A hunt for the “kingpin” who’s said to dominate the Colombian trade of selling baby sloths to tourists.

A final blow of the machete, and the branch splinters and falls, slowed by limbs and foliage. The men rush over and lift the branch. The mother is clinging to it, eyes wide, clutching her newborn to her chest.

↩︎ National Geographic

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