US EditionSpanish police arrest two people linked to cat smuggling ring based in Mallorca
- In Mallorca, Spanish police arrested two Russian citizens for selling exotic cats online.
- Operation Kotach began because authorities learned the pair bred protected felines.
- The couple used social media to offer species like pumas and clouded leopards.
- Authorities seized a caracal, two servals, sixteen hybrid felines, and over 40 passports.
- The breeding was part of a global network smuggling animals into the EU.
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Couple Busted for Breeding and Selling Exotic Cats in Spain!
Spanish Authorities Take Action Against Illegal Exotic Cat Breeding In a shocking turn of events that has reverberated through animal welfare circles, law enforcement in Spain has apprehended a couple accused of unlawfully breeding and trafficking exotic felines under deplorable conditions. This operation, which allegedly involved the sale of rare and endangered species, raises alarming [...]
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19 Big Cats Rescued in Spain as Police Raid Animal Smuggling Ring - Overpasses For America
The Spanish police say they rescued 19 exotic felines from a home on the island of Majorca that were bound for sale on the growing illegal world market for big cats, and they arrested the Russian couple who owned them. With demand for large felines like lions and tigers high in some quarters — some consider them a status symbol — there is a brisk business for criminal rings that traffic in them, even if the animals are protected or endangered sp…
It's things you don't want to experience on holiday in Mallorca. Now another frightening case comes to light.
The Guardia Civil has arrested in Mallorca a Russian marriage, 46 and 48 years old, who participated in a criminal network selling animals of protected species . The couple, settled in the Majorcan town of Ariany, owned a plot where it raised servals and caracals that mixed with domestic cats to market later on the Internet. The aim was to obtain hybrid cats with a attenuated wild character that were sold on the black market for large sums of mo…
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