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| NANCY FLORES/Cox Newspapers |
| An estimated 35 percent of Mexico's 684 cactus species are endangered or threatened. The Cadereyta Regional Botanical Garden seeks to rescue and protect the endangered species. Mexican experts are signaling a growing crisis in cactus thievery, which they say threatens some species with extinction. Critics say the Mexican government is doing little or nothing to address the lucrative traffic in succulents. |