Illegal animals have been seized in Madrid at ExpoTerraria animal fair

POLICE have had to turn zookeepers after they seized 30 fruit bats, a boa constrictor and a python from an animal fair in Madrid.

Agentes de la Unidad de Medio Ambiente intervinieron una boa imperator, una pitón y 30 murciélagos “Eidolon Helvum”, más conocido como murciélago de la fruta, en Expoterraria, que se celebraba en el Pabellón de Cristal de la casa de campo.#UMA
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— Policía Municipal de Madrid (@policiademadrid) September 30, 2021

Officers say the creatures had been transported and sold illegally at the Expoterraria fair. None of the animals had the required paperwork.

According to the law only captive-bred fish, reptiles, rodents, rabbits, ferrets and cage birds can be sold at this fair.

The creatures are now being cared for by the police while homes are found for them.

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