Crocodiles seized from Belgianvilla
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December 25, 2011, Sunday
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POLICE carrying out a search discovered 11 Nile crocodiles - five of them squeezed into a small shower - and an alligator at a house in Belgian.
Police were searching the villa of a German man suspected of fraud in the village of Lapscheure when they came across the reptiles, said Frederik Thoelen, a biologist at the Nature Rescue Center where they are now being kept.
Five of the crocodiles were found squeezed into a small, dirty shower; five others were kept in an aquarium made for only two, Thoelen said. The alligator was rolled up in several blankets. "They were really kept in horrible conditions," said Thoelen.
He said the owner told them the crocodiles were about five years old, but they were far too small for their age, most likely because of their restrictive caging and insufficient food. The owner gave up his rights to the animals once it became clear that he did not have the necessary papers.
Police were searching the villa of a German man suspected of fraud in the village of Lapscheure when they came across the reptiles, said Frederik Thoelen, a biologist at the Nature Rescue Center where they are now being kept.
Five of the crocodiles were found squeezed into a small, dirty shower; five others were kept in an aquarium made for only two, Thoelen said. The alligator was rolled up in several blankets. "They were really kept in horrible conditions," said Thoelen.
He said the owner told them the crocodiles were about five years old, but they were far too small for their age, most likely because of their restrictive caging and insufficient food. The owner gave up his rights to the animals once it became clear that he did not have the necessary papers.
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