{"id":19299,"date":"2025-04-14T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/couple-arrested-for-selling-exotic-cats-including-protected-species-like-white-tigers-and-pumas\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T16:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T16:35:20","slug":"couple-arrested-for-selling-exotic-cats-including-protected-species-like-white-tigers-and-pumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/couple-arrested-for-selling-exotic-cats-including-protected-species-like-white-tigers-and-pumas\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple arrested for selling exotic cats including protected species like white tigers and pumas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Spanish police said Monday that they had arrested two people suspected of selling online exotic cats including protected species such as white tigers and pumas, and had confiscated 19 felines in the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrested the couple on the island of Majorca, where they are suspected of raising desert lynxes and servals, a wild cat native to Africa, as well as hybrid species created by crossing these breeds with domestic cats, police said in a statement. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.majorcadailybulletin.com\/news\/local\/2025\/04\/14\/132543\/mallorca-animal-crime-tigers-and-pumas-allegedly-sold-mallorca-russians-arrested-for-the-international-sale-protected-animals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Majorca Daily Bulletin<\/a>, the two suspects arrested are Russian.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigations found that their activities were just &#8220;the tip of the iceberg&#8221; of an international trafficking operation of protected species such as white tigers and black panthers &#8220;involving breeders, transporters and veterinarians,&#8221; the Spanish Civil Guard and Interior Ministry said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interior.gob.es\/opencms\/es\/detalle\/articulo\/Detenidas-dos-personas-por-vender-a-traves-de-internet-animales-exoticos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most of the animals offered for sale came from countries such as Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to be smuggled into the European Union,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Police suspect the animals were brought into the European Union via Poland from Belarus, and were then offered across the bloc with false documentation.<\/p>\n<p>Among the other species the couple offered for sale on its social media accounts were European lynxes, hyenas and pumas. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/interiorgob\/status\/1911706852091437261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Officials released several images<\/a> showing the cats in enclosures and officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interior.gob.es\/opencms\/es\/detalle\/articulo\/Detenidas-dos-personas-por-vender-a-traves-de-internet-animales-exoticos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">collecting evidence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc05\ud83d\udc06Tigres blancos, panteras nebulosas, linces boreales, hienas&#8230; era lo que ofrec\u00edan online los detenidos por <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardiacivil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@guardiacivil<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mallorca?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Mallorca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f La operaci\u00f3n iniciada por el <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Seprona?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#Seprona<\/a> ha destapado una organizaci\u00f3n criminal que actuaba a nivel global<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf10<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GOG8NurKDH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/GOG8NurKDH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tP28IZLMaD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/tP28IZLMaD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ministerio del Interior (@interiorgob) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/interiorgob\/status\/1911706852091437261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Police said the suspects had offered a clouded leopard, one of the world&#8217;s most rare and elusive cats, at a price of 60,000 euros ($68,000).<\/p>\n<p>Officers also seized a caracal, a desert lynx known for its distinctive long ear tufts, as well as two servals and 16 hybrid felines.<\/p>\n<p>They also seized more than 40 animal passports from Russia, Belarus and China as part of the operation.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that attempts to breed and keep exotic cats as pets are widespread in Russia and Ukraine, and the trend has expanded to other countries. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These species require a lot of space,&#8221; police said. &#8220;Furthermore, they are very aggressive and can pose a danger to people or other animals, so many people end up getting rid of these specimens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- 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