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world’s countries at a con- Centro Medico Tel. 584 5794
ference on saving plants Women in Difficulties
and animals from the rav- OTHER
ages of international trade. Dental Clinic 587 9850
The 11-day World Wildlife Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
Conference on updating Baby elephants rub their trunks against a tree at the David Urgent Care 586 0448
a convention known as Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
CITES, which aims to ensure Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. +297 588 0539
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that trade doesn’t threaten Associated Press EMERGENCY
the survival of endangered Police 100
fauna and flora, adopted two types of otters, which guidepost for decision- Oranjestad 527 3140
an array of measures and are coveted as pets in makers — amid emotional Noord 527 3200
decisions about elephants, places like Japan, and the and political pleas put for- Sta. Cruz 527 2900
otters, star tortoises, saiga popular Indian star tortoise ward by some NGOs and San Nicolas 584 5000
antelope, and rosewood — one of the most heavily animal rights activists as Police Tipline 11141
— a cherished material for trafficked illegally of all the well as cash-strapped Afri- Ambulancia 911
guitar makers — among tortoises for pet trade. can governments. Fire Dept. 115
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many others. Rod Hay, chairman of a Frustrations emerged
The conference occurs ev- committee that handles among countries like Zim- TAXI SERVICES
ery three years and took new listing proposals, said babwe, which denounced Taxi Tas 587 5900
on added importance this that “we had a large num- international mandates Prof. Taxi 588 0035
year following a U.N. report ber of reptile proposals and about its 84,000-strong Af- Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
on biodiversity in May warn- quite a significant number rican elephant population Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
ing that extinction looms of reptiles and amphibians without enough help from A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
for over 1 million species of that were added to the list abroad in managing it, Women in Difficulties
plants and animals. of CITES.” and Japan, which argued TRAVEL INFO
There are growing con- “That’s a reflection of pres- that mako sharks are only Aruba Airport 524 2424
cerns that policymak- sure, particularly in pet facing declining popula- American Airlines 582 2700
ers aren’t acting quickly trade, on strange and in- tions in the North Sea and Avianca 588 0059
enough to stop it. teresting reptiles,” he said, not near the seafaring Pa- Jet Blue 588 2244
Attendees agreed on pro- alluding to efforts by non- cific archipelago. Surinam 582 7896
tections for 18 more shark governmental organiza- “There are a lot of con-
species that, while stop- tions, animal-rights groups troversies — particularly Women in Difficulties
ping short of a full ban, re- and conservationists. around the elephant,” said CRUISES
quires any trade in them to Controversy erupted over Susan Lieberman of the
be sustainable. interpretation about sci- Wildlife Conservation Soci-
Nations did ban trade of ence — the supposed ety. q

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