Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vietnam seizes ratsnakes from Bangkok flight
Vietnam seizes ratsnakes from Bangkok flight Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:30am IST
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has seized more than a tonne of ratsnakes
found aboard a Vietnam Airlines flight from Bangkok, the second time in
about a month such snakes were found in air cargo to Vietnam, state
media said on Friday.
The snakes -- scientific name Ptyas Mucosus and a protected species --
were found in more than 60 boxes that arrived in Hanoi's Noi Bai airport
on Thursday, the Vietnam News Agency quoted officials as saying.
"There is a great possibility that Vietnam is only a transit point of
the cargo," it said, adding that the snakes were transfered to an animal
caring station nearby.
Last month, the airport authorities also seized 700 kg of snakes aboard
a Thai Airways flight to Hanoi, it said.
