Unpublished Confiscation of Capibaras in Costa Rica Reveals Illegal Trafficking in Exotic Fauna

A vehicle control operation of the Public Forces concluded this Thursday with the confiscation of five specimens of capibara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), an exotic wild species, in what would be the first documented case of illegal trafficking of this species in Costa Rica.Exotic species are those that are not native to a country or a region and can affect the natives of the same country.The event occurred on Route 34 (Costanera Sur), on their w…

The National System of Conservation Areas has a theory about what happened, as these animals are native to some South American regions.