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06-May-08, 05:49 PM
| | |  Rare Reptiles Seized at Sana'a Airport
Published: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:59:00 +0000 Source: Reptile Related News  Article from SabaNews.net Yemeni authorities have seized 3000 chameleons and 350 lizards at the Sana'a airport planned to be smuggled to abroad, the al-Thawra Daily has said. The rare reptiles that only live in Yemen, were put within banana products that would have been exported via the airport.
The paper said an Arab citizen along with a Yemeni collected the chameleons and lizards from three provinces in Yemen to smuggle them and sell them in other countries. The two persons were arrested and referred to prosecution and the reptiles were handed over to the Authority for Environment Protection and the Sana'a Zoo. Read More... |
07-May-08, 12:07 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-07 Location: melbourne Age/Gender: 12  | | | awesOME-love those herps
2 bad they were being smuggled
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07-May-08, 02:40 PM
|  | +Timmo+ Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 13 | | | | dats awsome wish we had chameleons here there my fav lizard.
To bad thay were being smuggled.
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07-May-08, 06:30 PM
|  | The Devils Reject. Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Rugsville..... Gender: | | | | dam i hope i get my money back.........
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07-May-08, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Timmo  dats awsome wish we had chameleons here there my fav lizard.
To bad thay were being smuggled. | They are here....
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07-May-08, 06:36 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | Yemen, not a place you want to be in prison.
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07-May-08, 06:37 PM
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07-May-08, 07:00 PM
| | +Timmo+ Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 13 | | | | Yea i know thay are hear i just wish that australians laws worn't so against exotics or any reptile that is not native to australia.
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07-May-08, 07:04 PM
| | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | I'm sure chameleons could find themselves a niche in the Australian tropical wilds, how good would that be!!
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07-May-08, 07:20 PM
|  | Confessed WOMAHOLIC Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Lakes Entrance Age/Gender: 28 | | | | those guys are cool as
hope mine still got through *whistle*
nar i kid but had massive fun playing with some in africa |
07-May-08, 07:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: newcastle Age/Gender: 13 | | | | great looking lizards.
as others said to bad they are smuggled
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