Marcelo Andreani, 40, a veterinarian of the state environmental police, examines a tapir as it is being rescued from an illegal captivity at a farm and transferred to their headquarters, near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Porto Velho, BRAZIL (Reuters) - Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives.
Vets at the Clinidog clinic in the Amazon city of Porto Velho believe the mother and baby were run over by a car as they fled fires raging across the world's largest rainforest.
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