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Lizards stolen from Hamilton Zoo

21/10/2008 15:00:02

Four valuable lizards have been stolen in a smash and grab at Hamilton Zoo.

Thieves smashed a glass panel and cut through chains and padlocked doors on Friday night to get inside the reptile enclosure.

Zoo director Stephen Standley says they snatched a pair of Madagascan Day Geckos and a pair of Bearded Dragons. He says while they are not endangered, the Madagascan Day Geckos can only be held in zoos in New Zealand.

Mr Standley suspects they have been nicked to be sold on the black market, where he says they can fetch up to a couple of thousand dollars each.

Taken from NewztalkZB website.

Stupid thing to do really. Why would you waste your time stealing beardies?

Might see some Day Gecko babies on trademe soon though eh?

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I finally got around to going up to Ti point today (wich was bloody awesome too! I'm mad keen for a tortoise now, not that I can afford tho...) and Ivan said he had two shinglebacks stolen on the same day as the Hamilton zoo was robbed! Seems like a strange coincidence to me...

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