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Do you know how many insects are smuggled out of Costa Rica every year? Not a handful. A single shipment can carry between 3,000 and 5,000 insects — all illegally extracted from our forests, hidden inside jars, clothing, or carry-on luggage passing through our airports. What ends up as an exotic piece in a German or American collector's display case is, for us, a chunk of living ecosystem ripped away without mercy. And this is not a minor or isolated problem. Illegal insect t

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