Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman reclassifies crocodiles as 'captive-bred wildlife', enabling their use for security, including deterring prison escapes, a move supported by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.
Israel's Environmental Protection Minister redesignates Nile crocodiles as 'tended wild animals', potentially allowing their use in prison security, including a controversial plan to surround prisons with crocodile-filled moats proposed by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Hong Kong police arrested a 35-year-old woman after finding a 1.5-meter crocodile on her balcony. This discovery led authorities to uncover approximately 100 more reptiles, including endangered species, in her flat, prompting an investigation by the AFCD.
Un cobra, identifié comme un naja non cracheur, est activement recherché depuis cinq jours à Castelginest, près de Toulouse. L'association SOS Reptiles, sollicitée par de nombreux appels, appelle au calme, assurant que le serpent n'est pas agressif envers l'homme.
A 1995-born woman surnamed Qin from Guilin, Guangxi province, returned to her village two years after graduating from university to help her father raise snakes. She now manages over 60,000 venomous reptiles, including 50,000 five-step snakes and nearly 10,000 cobras, earning more than 1 million yuan (US$147,000) annually. Her father initially opposed her entering the dangerous snake farming industry.
