109 live animals found in women’s luggage at airport in Thailand

Two ladies had been arrested in Thailand after they had been caught with 109 live animals in their luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, the Department of National Parks mentioned in a press release. 

The airport’s X-ray machines found two suspicious objects in their baggage and authorities found two white porcupines, two armadillos, 35 turtles, 50 chameleons and 20 snakes, in response to the news launch. The ladies, who had been touring to Chennai Airport in India, had been arrested. 

The two ladies had been recognized as Nithya Raja, 38, and Zakia Sulthana Ebrahim, 24, in response to the Bangkok Post. They had been charged with violating Thailand’s Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act of 2019, the Animal Disease Act of 2015 and the Customs Act of 2017.

Wildlife trafficking world wide hurts animal populations and is a multi-billion greenback effort effort that fuels felony networks, according to the Wildlife Trafficking Alliance. The U.S. embassy has a number of companies working to assist Thailand and different international locations in the area struggle wildlife trafficking and has a number of efforts to discourage wildlife crime, defend endangered species from extinction and scale back the demand for unlawful wildlife merchandise, United States Agency for International Development said last year.

“Wildlife trafficking threatens security, hinders economic development, and undermines the rule of law,” the United States Department of Justice says. “The illicit trade in wildlife is decimating many species worldwide and threatens iconic species such as rhinoceroses, elephants, and tigers with extinction.”