{
  "id": 14991576,
  "title": "Legal gaps allow rampant pet trade, poaching reptiles and amphibians towards extinction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/legal-gaps-allow-rampant-pet-trade-poaching-reptiles-and-amphibians",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:55:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mongabay",
    "slug": "mongabay",
    "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/10/legal-gaps-allow-rampant-pet-trade-poaching-reptiles-and-amphibians-towards-extinction/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Spain’s law enforcement agency, the Civil Guard, announced on Sept. 25, 2026, that it seized 209 reptiles from breeding facilities in Jérica and Sot de Ferrer (Castellón), including critically endangered iguanas endemic to Fiji. Nearly half of the reptiles were protected under CITES, the global wildlife trade treaty. They also seized unlicensed handguns and nearly […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}