I think it's a form of genocide to be forcing this tribe out of the forest. Some countries afford more protection to endangered non-humans.
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/10143
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/10143
Mysterious epidemic kills recently-contacted tribe one by one 6 April 2014
Almost all the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians who have been forced out of the forest, some as recently as 2004, have suffered from rare respiratory diseases since.
Like other uncontacted tribes, the Ayoreo had no immunity to outsiders? diseases.
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Nixiwaka Yawanaw?, a Yawanaw? Indian from the Brazilian Amazon, who joined Survival International to speak out for indigenous rights said, ?It is shocking that the Paraguayan government does not take steps to protect the Ayoreo?s territory. We are seeing a massacre because of these mysterious diseases, a true human crime in the eyes of the world. The government must act now to prevent a disaster.?...
Almost all the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode Indians who have been forced out of the forest, some as recently as 2004, have suffered from rare respiratory diseases since.
Like other uncontacted tribes, the Ayoreo had no immunity to outsiders? diseases.
...
Nixiwaka Yawanaw?, a Yawanaw? Indian from the Brazilian Amazon, who joined Survival International to speak out for indigenous rights said, ?It is shocking that the Paraguayan government does not take steps to protect the Ayoreo?s territory. We are seeing a massacre because of these mysterious diseases, a true human crime in the eyes of the world. The government must act now to prevent a disaster.?...
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