Indonesia’s famed Komodo Island, home to the world’s largest lizards, will soon close to tourists following reports of smugglers stealing and selling dragons, according to local media. Komodo dragons are considered a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Only Komodo Island will be closed to tourists, local officials said; the rest of the park will remain open. Komodo National Park receives an average of about 10,000 visitors a month, according to CNN. It’s unclear how much impact the closure of Komodo Island will have on this number.

Source: Huffington Post April 03, 2019 11:37 UTC