Sunday, January 31, 2016

PHILIPPINE AIRPORT OFFICER HELD FOR SMUGGLING RARE ANIMALS


MANILA - Authorities at the Philippines’ main airport have taken possession of 47 rare animals or birds which an airport policeman was allegedly trying to smuggle to Japan, a senior wildlife official said Sunday.
The wildlife included 11 tarsiers, 11 snakes, 11 monitor lizards, eight sailfin lizards, eagle owls and scops owls.
They were found on Thursday, packed in styrofoam cases which were labelled as aquatic plants, said Theresa Mundita Lim, head of the country’s biodiversity bureau. 

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