{
  "id": 9241987,
  "title": "Reptiles, gold and money: How Australia is cracking down on wildlife trafficking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/reptiles-gold-and-money-how-australia-is-cracking-down-on-wildlife",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T01:31:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/reptiles-gold-and-money-how-australia-is-cracking-down-on-wildlife-trafficking/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In Australia in May 2026, Yang Zeng, a 28-year-old Chinese national who was unlawfully in the country, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Zeng was convicted on nine charges related to the illegal export of native wildlife to Hong Kong, according to Australia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mongabay",
        "title": "H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/h5n1-bird-flu-jumps-to-marine-mammals-and-wildlife-in-australia",
        "published": "2026-09-21T05:16:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}