Man 'steals iguanas in fake leg'. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7007942.stm)
This iguana, and the other three found, will now be re-housedA Californian man has been charged with using his false leg to smuggle three endangered iguanas from a nature reserve in Fiji to the United States.
Prosecutors say Jereme James stole the banded iguanas while on a visit to the South Pacific island in 2002.
He is alleged to have constructed a special compartment inside his prosthetic limb to move the reptiles.
Officials began investigating Mr James after receiving a tip off that he was in possession of several of the beasts.
The Fiji Island Banded Iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus), noted for its bright green skin, is threatened with extinction and protected under an international treaty regulating trade in endangered species.
Mr James could face up to five years in prison if convicted.
COMMENT: NOW THAT'S WHAT I REALLY CALL A SOUND COURT SENTENCE: UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED. ALLOW ME TO SAY: WOW! COULD YOU IMAGINE IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAD TO HAPPEN IN MALTA? COULD YOU IMAGINE THE 'TMELLISA FUQ IL-PALA TA' L-ID' BY OUR COURTS, ALSO BECAUSE OF OUR FEEBLE LEGISLATION IN WHAT CONCERNS ANIMALS? FF
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