| Some 100 endangered reptiles including 39 Philippine pond turtles, 46 Southeast Asian box turtles, 19 Mindanao water monitor lizards and one reticulated python will be sent from Hong Kong to their native land, the Philippines, tomorrow (August 1). They were illegally imported to Hong Kong and intercepted at Hong Kong International Airport on June 14, 2012. They have been kept in Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG). Picture shows the Head of the KFBG's Fauna Conservation Department, Dr Gary Ades (right), and its Senior Conservation Officer, Mr Paul Crow (left), holding Mindanao water monitor lizards. |
