1.媒體來源:
路透社
2.記者署名:
Reporting by Herbert Villarraga and Oliver Griffin; Editing by Mark Porter
3.完整新聞標題:
Colombia seizes hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe
哥倫比亞破獲大宗狼蛛走私案
4.完整新聞內文:
Colombia seizes hundreds of arachnids being illegally smuggled to Europe
Reuters
哥倫比亞政府表示，在首都波哥大的埃爾多拉多國際機場查獲沒收了232隻狼蛛、67隻
蟑螂等動物，目前這些動物正在接受專家檢查，後續才會決定是否釋放抑或設法安置。
該2名德國人把232隻狼蛛、67隻蟑螂、9個蜘蛛卵以及一隻懷有7隻小蠍子的母蠍分裝在
210個塑膠容器中，正打算將牠們走私回國，他們事後供稱，這一切全為學術目的；這批
動物目前正在接受檢查，後續可能釋放或是重新安置。
波哥大環境部長烏魯蒂亞（Carolina Urrutia）說，2018年至今還沒收過這種尺寸的狼蛛
，而今年9月沒收的3493片魚翅是最大的東西，當時這些魚翅正要被運往香港販售。
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
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