But they had to ask permission first
By Neal Colgrass, Newser, 4/14/18
(NEWSER) – A Swedish zoo that couldn't
properly house over 500 reptiles made the hard choice of having them dropped
into liquid nitrogen, The Local in Sweden
reports. The Tropicarium Rescue Centre at Kolmården Zoo near Norrköping took in
the reptiles after Swedish police rescued 760 lizards and other creatures from
animal smugglers last month. But housing them was pricey, and other
institutions only took 50 of over 550 helmethead geckos off their hands, so the
decision was made.
"We applied for an exemption so we could
use a killing method that is not yet approved in Sweden but is used
internationally," says a police officer. "That is to kill them in
liquid nitrogen." In other European lizard news, a judge ruled last year
that children are no longer allowed to swim with crocodiles and alligators at
the Crocodile Zoo in Friedberg, The Local in Germany
reported.
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