1.媒体来源:
路透社
2.记者署名:
Reporting by Herbert Villarraga and Oliver Griffin; Editing by Mark Porter
3.完整新闻标题:
Colombia seizes hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe
哥伦比亚破获大宗狼蛛走私案
4.完整新闻内文:
Colombia seizes hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe
Reuters
哥伦比亚政府表示，在首都波哥大的埃尔多拉多国际机场查获没收了232只狼蛛、67只
蟑螂等动物，目前这些动物正在接受专家检查，后续才会决定是否释放抑或设法安置。
该2名德国人把232只狼蛛、67只蟑螂、9个蜘蛛卵以及一只怀有7只小蝎子的母蝎分装在
210个塑胶容器中，正打算将牠们走私回国，他们事后供称，这一切全为学术目的；这批
动物目前正在接受检查，后续可能释放或是重新安置。
波哥大环境部长乌鲁蒂亚（Carolina Urrutia）说，2018年至今还没收过这种尺寸的狼蛛
，而今年9月没收的3493片鱼翅是最大的东西，当时这些鱼翅正要被运往香港贩售。
BOGOTA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Colombian authorities seized hundreds of creepy
crawlies as they were being taken illegally to Europe via the airport in
capital city Bogota, officials said on Thursday.
Two Germans were found with 210 plastic containers they were using to carry
the arachnids, which included 232 tarantula spiders, nine spider eggs and a
scorpion with seven of its young, as well as 67 roaches.
Colombia, which is one of the world's 17 mega-diverse countries and boasts
tens of thousands of different species, is a target for wildlife traffickers
drawn by its biodiversity.
More than 11,000 specimens have been seized during 2021 so far, officials
said.
"We haven't had a shipment of tarantulas this size since 2018 (and) the
largest we have had this year was shark fins," Bogota's environment
secretary, Carolina Urrutia, said in a statement.
In September Colombian authorities confiscated a shipment of 3,493 shark fins
- equivalent to between 900 and 1,000 sharks - which were to be illegally
trafficked to Hong Kong.
The would-be German traffickers argued that they were shipping the spiders,
scorpions and cockroaches for academic reasons but authorities said they did
not have the permits to do so.
The animals are being examined by professionals, officials said, who will
later decide whether to free or relocate them.
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Reporting by Herbert Villarraga and Oliver Griffin; Editing by Mark Porter
5.完整新闻连结 (或短网址):
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