NEW DELHI: A man was held on Saturday smuggling 45 exotic animals, including iguanas, black foxes, and raccoons, traveler at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai.
He claimed that after arriving in the city early in the morning on a Thai Airways flight, the traveler was apprehended, news agency PTI reported.
A customs team searched his suitcase and found 45 creatures, including iguanas, black foxes, raccoons, and hyraxes, which resemble rabbits.
However, according to the official, a large number of the wild creatures had already perished from suffocation and the way they were being trafficked.
According to the official, the animals were handled and stabilized with assistance from experts from the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare. In accordance with the Wildlife Protection Act , the animals will be returned to their home country.
He claimed that after arriving in the city early in the morning on a Thai Airways flight, the traveler was apprehended, news agency PTI reported.
A customs team searched his suitcase and found 45 creatures, including iguanas, black foxes, raccoons, and hyraxes, which resemble rabbits.
However, according to the official, a large number of the wild creatures had already perished from suffocation and the way they were being trafficked.
According to the official, the animals were handled and stabilized with assistance from experts from the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare. In accordance with the Wildlife Protection Act , the animals will be returned to their home country.
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