Ecuador bans most fireworks from Galapagos

Updated December 29 2018 - 12:06pm, first published 12:03pm
Fireworks are said to have been stressing out the animals on the Galapagos islands.
Fireworks are said to have been stressing out the animals on the Galapagos islands.

Ecuador's government has banned most fireworks from the Galapagos archipelago due to nervous stress caused to the islands' wildlife from the sounds of explosions.

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