Australia seizes 100,000 illegal exotic bugs, a record

3 days ago

Australian wildlife officers have uncovered an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in the state of New South Wales, seizing more than 100,000 exotic insects valued at around US$140,000 on the black market. The raid took place at a commercial breeding facility in Bathurst, west of Sydney, where officials discovered large numbers of prohibited Madagascar hissing cockroaches and dubia cockroaches, according to the country’s