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The Pierced Heart of Madagascar
The island’s geographic isolation created a wonderland of biological richness. Now population pressures and political turmoil speed the plunder of its rosewood, minerals, and gems.
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dahalo, or cattle thief, admitted he was hired by a man in a nearby city who needed two cows to slaughter for a funeral banquet. Despite calls in the crowd to lynch the culprit, villagers eventually turned him over to police. ]]>