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The Spanish Civil Guard connected Tuesday said it had dismantled an amerciable carnal trafficking ring, including endangered oregon protected species.
Two men aged 30 and 35 were recovered with much than 150 exotic animals astatine an amerciable favored store successful the municipality of Nules, successful the eastbound Valencia region, constabulary said successful a statement.
Neither had a licence to rise the animals, which they sold connected the internet. Both are being prosecuted for trafficking protected taxon and smuggling, the connection read.
The probe began respective months agone erstwhile officers saw a listing connected an net tract offering "protected taxon for sale." They past discovered videos of a antheral raising animals including leopards, owls and llamas.
The Spanish Civil Guard connected Tuesday said it had dismantled an amerciable carnal trafficking ring, including endangered oregon protected species.
Spanish Civil Guard
After instrumentality enforcement yet located the captivity tract successful Nules, much than 150 types of 56 exotic taxon were recovered successful cages, including 2 ring-tailed lemurs, a Bali starling, a zebra, 5 kinkajous, 4 ibises and 2 meerkats.
Some of the animals person the highest planetary extortion arsenic endangered species, specified arsenic the lemurs, starling and 2 Asian otters, constabulary said.
Officials connected Tuesday released video and several images of immoderate of the animals.
Three macaws were besides recovered astatine the tract and constabulary said 2 of them had been reported stolen successful a municipality successful Almería, which is astir a five-hour thrust distant from Nules.
The mean marketplace worth of the seized animals is astir $81,500, the Civil Guard said.
The bust comes astir 4 months aft officers dismantled an online trafficking operation successful large cats, including achromatic tigers, lynx and pumas successful the Balearic Islands.
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