More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

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More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

More than 100,000 live, exotic cockroaches have been seized from a commercial breeder in New South Wales in a record-breaking bust linked to the pet trade. …

More than 100,000 live, exotic cockroaches have been seized from a commercial breeder in New South Wales in a record-breaking bust linked to the pet trade. Biosecurity officials seized the animals, which have a commercial value of up to $200,000, from a commercial breeder in Bathurst in the state’s central west this week. The captured cockroaches included dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches – one of the world’s largest cockroach species. …

Original source: The Guardian World

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