livingart Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Illegal 'zoo' in 3 suitcases gets man arrested http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41512490/ns ... vironment/ The attempt to smuggle more than 200 live animals — snakes, tortoises, squirrels, spiders, lizards and even a parrot — inside three suitcases was bold, but also dumb. Smuggled plougshare tortoise TRAFFIC Smuggled parrot Here's the list of what was found: 88 Indian Star tortoises 34 ball pythons 33 elongated tortoises 22 common squirrels 19 bearded dragons 18 baboon spiders 7 radiated tortoises 6 Argentine horned frogs 6 mata mata turtles 4 spiny tailed lizards 4 striped narrow-headed turtles 3 aldabra tortoises 2 boa constrictors 2 Sudan plated lizards 2 corn snakes 2 king snakes 1 ploughshare tortoise (world's rarest turtle) 1 pig-nosed turtle 1 African gray parrot 1 milk snake 1 hog nosed snake The suspect "admitted to authorities that he had purchased the animals from Chatuchak Market," TRAFFIC said, referring to an outdoor trading area in Bangkok where rare and endangered species are bought and sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Poor reptiles and animals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Just your everyday baggage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 bugger,thought he should have been here by now?? :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 How'd he even expect to get through customs?? Even if the animals didn't make a single squeak from the bags in transit, surely he would've thought about the x-ray lol.. Never expect someone not to be dumb enough to try something haha.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reptilez Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Poor animals....I hope they are all alive and did not get killed due to customs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Chatuchak Market is amazing in bad and good ways couldn't believe the amount of animals that were from east Africa when I was there last. All obliviously wild caught, seems like its the new south America in terms of smuggling probably due to the unrest in that region I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 "Some retailers have openly acknowledged to TRAFFIC staff that many of the species they sell have been illegally obtained and even offer advice on how to smuggle them out of the country," "One really has to question how Chatuchak Market, which is located just down the street from both Wildlife Protection and Nature Crime Police Offices, can continue these illegal mass sales," must be a lot of bribery of officials going on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 Quote: "One really has to question how Chatuchak Market, which is located just down the street from both Wildlife Protection and Nature Crime Police Offices, can continue these illegal mass sales," must be a lot of bribery of officials going on Its Thailand man bribery is its own institution over there :dunno: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 3 Suit cases! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 Rad tortoises! Slower and less deadly than radscorpions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 How the heck did he even get his hands on Aldabra tortoises!? And how the heck did he fit all those animals into just 3 suitcases!!?!?!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 abra cadabra,probably just a slip of the tongue??? sounds alot of critters and is but no doubt all hatchlings,snakes the size of shoelaces,turtles/torts half a walnut?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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