Seven Warane secured at Vienna Airport – Diepresse.com

Customsers have secured seven living Warane at Vienna Airport in Schwechat. According to the Ministry of Finance, a 55-year-old German initially tried to smuggle through Doha to Johannesburg on Monday. In the Qatarian capital, he was refused to pass due to a lack of papers. The scale crawls were reloaded to a transport box and how the traveler sent back to Vienna with the next flight.

Due to a reference from the airline, the customs officers carried out a focus control at the airport in Schwechat on Sunday last week when the course from Doha. The German passenger found five living colorful and two Borneo daubwarans. After consultation with the border veterinarian and the Schönbrunn zoo, the reptiles were brought to the zoo due to the poor health status to be looked after there.

No cavalier offense

« Violations of species protection are not a cavalier offense, but a danger to the worldwide biodiversity, » State Secretary Barbara Eibinger-Miedl (ÖVP) commented on. A financial criminal proceedings were initiated against the 55-year-old because the seven Warane is subject to the Washington Species protection agreement. According to the ministry, there are a risk of up to 20,000 euros. In addition, the German citizen was reported to violate the animal transport law and cruelty to animals. (APA)