Portuguese police capture two crocodiles kept as pets
27/01/2006 - 13:59:08Police today captured two crocodiles being kept as pets at a house in southern Portugal.
The crocodiles, each aged about 18 and measuring 2.5 metres long, were living in a closed back garden in conditions similar to those of their natural habitat, the Nature and Environment protection branch of the Portimao police, who found the animals, said.
The German owner was charged with illegal possession of exotic animals.
Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, crocodiles are protected species.
