by Victovie Cavaleria 3/27/14, The Star.com
Donald Schultz, the former host of a popular Animal
Planet TV show featuring some of the world’s deadliest creatures, was sentenced
in a California
Schultz had pleaded guilty last year to trying to sell
the desert monitor lizards to an undercover federal agent who answered a 2010
online ad seeking about US$3,000 for the reptiles, according to officials at US
Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
The former host of Animal Planet’s “Wild Recon” was
charged with one count of violating the Endangered Species Act, a federal law
that protects and recovers imperilled species and ecosystems.
According to federal prosecutors, Schultz met with an
undercover agent posing as a prospective buyer at his home in Los
Angeles where he agreed to ship the reptiles to another buyer in Buffalo , New York
The desert monitors, a species of monitor lizard found
in North Africa and South Asia, were recovered by a federal agent in New York
Under a plea deal, Schultz agreed to pay a $6,000
fine, $3,000 in restitution and 200 hours of community service, prosecutors
said.
Schultz, who hails from South Africa
Three years ago, he spent 10 days in a glass box
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