Poachers kill 370 vicuñas in Huancavelica province

Poachers have killed more than 370 vicuñas — one of two wild South American camelids — near the highland community of Santiago de Chocorvos, in Peru’s central department of Huancavelica. According to daily El Comercio, the poachers rounded up the vicuna, killed them, and then stripped the animals of their precious fiber. Local farmers estimate [...]

Poachers kill more than 150 vicunas in highland community of Huancabamba

Poachers have killed more than 150 vicunas — one of two wild South American camelids — near the highland community of Huancabamba, in Peru’s southern department of Apurímac, said community leader Eugenio Allccia Díaz. According to Allccia, the poachers rounded up the vicuna with 4×4 jeeps, shot them dead, and then stripped the animals of [...]