Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 29th, 2010,
Illegally smuggled, abandoned and/or maltreated exotic pets get a second chance at life thanks to a unique animal hospital in Munich, Germany. Germany’s largest reptile rescue home takes in crocodiles, iguanas, snakes, turtles and more, giving them veterinary care and a suitable living environment. Many are seized in customs while being smuggled into the country as part of a global trade in exotic pets. The hospital often keeps these animals until it can find a more permanent place for them, such as a zoo. Almost 40,000 exotic animals and plants were found being smuggled in Germany last year alone. See…
Tags: animals, exotic, Germany, home, hospital, house, iguana, illegal, Munich, pet, reptile
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Feb 21st, 2010,
If you live in Indonesia and have $100,000 to spare, you soon may be able to. The Indonesian government is contemplating a tiger adoption initiative in an attempt to curb the illegal poaching of the endangered big cats. These aren’t the typical kind of wildlife conservation ‘adoptions’ like the WWF’s Adopt a Tiger program, where a modest donation will get you a photo of a tiger and a plush doll. Ordinary Indonesian citizens would actually be able to keep a pair of adult Sumatran tigers in their own back yards for a deposit of $100 grand. According to CNN, the…
Tags: adopt, CNN, government, Indonesia, Indonesian, initiative, Nature, pet, poaching, Sumatran, tiger, WWF
