A fine of $ 7,700 or a year in prison. Two Belgian teenagers found 5,000 ants in Kenya
propagandaKenya Court A fine of $ 7,700 (6775 euros) has imposed a 12 -month prison sentence on their Belgian teenagers from 5000 ants were found to violate the laws From keeping wild animals.
Teenagers were found with antsAnd, according to the authorities, was dedicated to European and Asian markets, in an emerging direction The traffic of wildlife types Less famous.
Belgian Laurenai David and Sibi LudwijxBoth are 19 years old, They were arrested on April 5 with 5,000 ants In the hospitality house. On April 15, they were accused of violating animal preservation laws.
Judge Najri Thuku, from the main airport court in Nairobi, announced in its punishment, which, which, Although teenagers told the court that they only enjoyThe species concerned of value and have thousands of them.
Teenagers entered the country with a tourist visa They stayed in a pension in the western city From Naivasha, popular among tourists to zoos and their lakes.
suddenly His client did not know that what they were doing was illegal. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the case is an actress.Change in traffic trendsOne of the great symbolic mammals to the lowest, but selective, ecological. “
Illegal export of ants “Not only is Kenya’s sovereign rights under its biological diversity, but also deprives local communities and research institutions with possible environmental and economic advantages,” KWS said in a statement.
In a different but relevant condition, Kenyan Dennis Nagangan and the Vietnamese suspended Ngwin were accused after being found in his possession 400 Ants in your capital apartmentIn Nairobi.
KWS announced this The four suspects participated in anti -ant To the markets from Europe and Asia, and that among the species, there were cinematic affairs, and it is a distinctive harvest of large size and red color originally from East Africa.
Ants are bought by people with pets and monitored in their colonies. FifthEuropean Aryan websites have developed different types of ants for sale At a variety of prices. The value of the 5,400 ants reached the value of the four men to be 1.2 million Keny Chils (8,104 euros), according to KWS.
