Couple in Spain was selling tigers and leopards – what do they answer

A couple who introduced and selling illegal tigers, leopards and other feline was arrested as part of a large police operation in Spain.

During the invasion of the couple’s house in Mallorca, police removed 19 animals, including a carak, a survival and 16 hybrid animals, a product of crossing among different species.

The feline passed to the EU through the Belarus border with Poland

The Spanish militia estimates that the couple’s action is simply « the tip of the iceberg », part of a global criminal network involving breeders, traffickers and veterinarians.

« Most offered for sale come from countries such as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine and illegally imported into the European Union, » the militia said.

The feline passed to the EU through the borders of Belarus with Poland and were transported by fake documents.

In social media’s accounts, the couple offered a puma, white tigers and a cloudy Himalayan leopard for which the price was set at $ 60,000.

The animals were temporarily transported to a Mallorca zoo before they were finally transported to a shelter near Alicante.

The couple’s home invasion is part of a wider business that started in Mario and led to the arrest of another person, who is also accused of selling exotic animals online.

According to the International Animal Welfare Fund (IFAW), Europe is a central hub of illegal trade of wild animals, which is for many wealth and prestige consultant.

Many buyers eventually find that wildlife is too wild for co -habitation.

As the militia warned, « they are very aggressive and threaten humans and other animals. »