Young Male Tapir Killed on John Smith Link Road
Jan 19, 2021 Young Male Tapir Killed on John Smith Link Road A young tapir lost its life on Sunday night. It’s the second tapir killed in a road traffic accident on the John Smith Link Road in two months. Images from the accident show the tapir dead on the scene and an SUV with damage to the vehicle’s front portion. Today, Celso Poot, the Operations Manager of the Belize Zoo and Ph.D. candidate carrying out doctoral research into tapirs, says the death of the mountain cow is not just disturbing, but tragic for the species. Poot points out that the area has a high density of t...
Source: channel5belize.com