‘Exotic cat smuggling ring’ uncovered by police in Spain

Two people have been arrested in Spain in connection with the sale of exotic cats on the internet. The nation’s Civil Guard seized 19 animals, including a caracal and two servals, in an operation in Manacor, on Mallorca. Image: Pic: Spanish Guardia Civil Image: Pic: Spanish Guardia Civil More than 40 irregular animal passports from countries such as Russia, Belarus and China were also found. The operation was said to have got under way in March last year after the Civil Guard was alerted to a couple in Palma allegedly raising servals, caracals and hybrids with domestic cats to sell…