This Civil Guard found the largest illegal collection dismembered animals Spain and in Bétera (Valencia) one of the largest in Europe. The Armed Institute is conducting an investigation as part of the ‘Valcites’ operation. A personAs reported by Levante-EMV, the son of a prominent Valencian businessman, this week a media owned by the same publishing group as another newspaper dealing with smuggling crimes and the conservation of flora and fauna.
In the operation they found 1090 filled samples, As reported by Meritorious in a note this Sunday, it is one of the largest taxidermy collections in Europe and the largest in our country.
The operation, which started last November, was carried out by the Nature Conservation Team of the Valencian Civil Guard Command, after receiving information that there might be an attack. Great private collection of stuffed animals.
Investigation officers mobilized Examine a 50,000 square foot plot It contained a house and two naves. Among them, the civil guards found 1,090 specimens, of which 405 belong to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, an international treaty regulating the purchase, sale or import of animals and plants. their trade does not threaten the survival of the species in its natural environment.