Thieves stole a baby crocodile and more than 50 snakes and lizards from an Australian wildlife park, officials said.
澳大利亚有关官员3月18日表示,窃贼们前不久在该国一家野生动物园内偷走了一只鳄鱼幼崽以及其它50多条蛇和蜥蜴。
Jason Watson, owner of the Wildlife Wonderland park in southern Victoria state, said workers found reptile tanks raided on Sunday morning. A 23-inch freshwater crocodile, 47 blue tongue lizards, three bearded dragons and two pythons were missing.
杰森·沃特森是澳大利亚维多利亚州南部野生动植物仙境公园的所有者,按照此人的说法,园内工人于3月18日清晨发现装满爬行动物的池子遭到小偷的光顾。在丢失的动物中包括一条长为23英寸的淡水鳄鱼、47只蓝舌蜥蜴、3只有须蜥蜴以及两条蟒蛇。
Watson said the animals were worth 20,000 Australian dollars ($16,000).
沃特森还表示,上述失窃动物的总价值达到了1.6万美元。
"I feel physically sick," Watson said. "It's like they have stolen my kids."
沃特森说:"我现在浑身感到非常难受,这看上去就像是被别人偷走了自己的孩子一样。"
Victoria police spokeswoman Creina O'Grady the thieves may have stolen the animals to sell to collectors.
而维多利亚州警方的女发言人克蕾娜·奥格雷迪则指出,窃贼们偷走那些动物的目的可能是要将它们出售给相关收藏者。
(国际在线独家资讯 张咏 未经允许请勿转载)