Saturday 8 February 2014

Thirteen endangered iguanas seized at Heathrow

Rare iguanas that had been stuffed into socks were seized after officers stopped two Romanian women arriving from Bahamas

theguardian.com, Tuesday 4 February 2014 14.06 GMT

Thirteen incredibly rare iguanas that had been stuffed into socks by smugglers have been seized by customs at Heathrow airport.

The endangered lizards were found in a suitcase on Monday at Terminal 5 of the London airport when officers stopped two Romanian women who had arrived from the Bahamas.

They were due to take the San Salvador rock iguanas – which are native to the Bahamas and classed as being under threat of extinction – on to Düsseldorf in Germany.

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