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Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| January 26, 2010
| ap
Posted on 01/26/2010 5:19:28 PM PST by re_tail20
A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand's wild gecko and skink populations, a judge has ruled.
Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from prison, Judge Colin Doherty ordered Tuesday.
Kubus was caught by wildlife officials at Christchurch International Airport on South Island in December, about to board an overseas flight with 44 geckos and skinks in a hand-sewn package concealed in his underwear.
He admitted trading in exploited species without a permit and hunting absolutely protected wildlife without authority, pleading guilty to two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act.
Department of Conservation prosecutor Mike Bodie told Christchurch District Court that Kubus could have faced potential maximum penalties of 500,000 dollars and six months in prison.
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:19:28 PM PST
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:21:04 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father)
To: skinkinthegrass
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:21:45 PM PST
by
To Hell With Poverty
(The War on Poverty is over. Poverty won. - Howie Carr)
To: re_tail20
The comedy on this one just writes itself. ;-)
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:21:50 PM PST
by
doc1019
(To call Obama a bumbling idiot would be an insult to bumbling idiots worldwide.)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:22:27 PM PST
by
To Hell With Poverty
(The War on Poverty is over. Poverty won. - Howie Carr)
To: re_tail20
6
posted on
01/26/2010 5:23:08 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: re_tail20
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:24:20 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: re_tail20
Is that 44 lizards in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:24:28 PM PST
by
Yardstick
To: re_tail20
Can he drain them all at once?
9
posted on
01/26/2010 5:24:39 PM PST
by
Former War Criminal
(My senior Senator (who served in Vietnam) said so.)
To: SkyDancer
Whoa!! Still laughing!! Perfect......
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:25:26 PM PST
by
HardStarboard
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
To: re_tail20
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:25:54 PM PST
by
real saxophonist
(The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
To: re_tail20
Someone call Samuel L. Jackson - “Lizards on a Plane”
To: re_tail20
There were others?
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:27:06 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: re_tail20
44 lizards in his underwear? Nope....not going there...no way
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:28:10 PM PST
by
paul51
(11 September 2001 - Never forget)
To: Yardstick
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:28:23 PM PST
by
Crim
To: re_tail20
This happened to me once. Very embarassing.
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:28:52 PM PST
by
PackerBoy
(Just my opinion ....)
To: SnakeDoctor
I’ve seen your username around and thought you might be interested in this. Don’t know why, just a guess you might be a herpetologist?
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:29:11 PM PST
by
lonevoice
(If Fox News is the only outlet reporting it, did it really happen?)
To: re_tail20
Lizards in the Jock Strap Jihadist...
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:30:01 PM PST
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
To: re_tail20
Man caught at airport with 44 lizards in pants He's a mutant extraordinaire!
Look out ladies, he puts Pepe Le pew to shame. (grrrowwwl)
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:31:29 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: re_tail20
Lizards in pants is funny, I don't care who you are!
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posted on
01/26/2010 5:31:46 PM PST
by
Ken H
(Debt free is the way to be)
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