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Snakes on a Plane: Man Tries to Take 247 Live Reptiles and Other Animals on Transatlantic Flight

Man Tries to Take 247 Live Animals on a Plane

A Czech national man could be sentenced to 10 years in prison after X-ray technicians at an Argentinian airport noticed “organic substances moving inside” his suitcase. What were those substances? 247 live animals, including poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles, that the man planned to take on board a transatlantic flight.

AFP reports the man, 51-year-old Karel Abelovsky, was on his way to Madrid when airport personnel stopped him to inspect his bag:

“When they opened the bag, they found more than 200 reptiles and mollusks, among them nine species of poisonous snakes including South American pitvipers, packed in clear plastic containers.

There were also 15 venomous vipers, including two yararas — which can measure up to 1.50 meters (five feet) — and several young boas.”

The incident occurred on December 7 but has come to media recently as Abelovsky has been charged with attempted smuggling. Two of the animals in his bag were found dead and AFP reports that others could have suffered the same fate due to lack of oxygen in the suitcase.

The case brings to mind the recent Samuel L. Jackson Action/Horror/Inadvertent Comedy, Snakes on a Plane: 

 

Comments (28)

  • right-wing-waco
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 2:39pm

    I hear that there is usually a snake on Air Force 1 too. One that squeezes the life out of the economy.

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  • pap pap
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:21pm

    This is animal abuse for potential profit. Now the animal abuser needs to be abused.

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  • aquablue
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 11:30am

    I wish people wouldn’t encourage this by illegally buying snakes only to confine them in a small cage, just so they can own and look at them. Respect life.

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    • MCDAVE
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 3:16pm

      You can buy almost any type of reptile there is at these exotic pet expo’s …bearded dragons make a good pet..feed themselves all summer long in the yard on clover and insects

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  • Hickory
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 10:04am

    Just put him in a pit with a couple of hundred poisonous snakes. Nature will take care of the rest.

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  • Moseyspeed
    Posted on December 27, 2011 at 8:07am

    At least they weren’t muffins…..

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  • Poggle The Stick
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:11pm

    A very, very snakey man.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:42pm

    Another good reason not to fly! Where in h… are all these people coming from?

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  • 1casawizard
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:27pm

    I done it before. Why caint I do it now? They aint hurtin nobody.

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:42pm

      Tell that to the people of Florida and the nasty non-native snake species they have to contend with.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:45pm

      On a proper note about the snakes. Poisonous snakes are poison only when ingested. (who eats live snakes)? Venomous snakes inject venom which can make you sick or kill. How can someone carry 247 mixed variety snakes in a suitcase? WTF? A lot of these musta been babies so the rest coulda survived the flight. The person trying to pull this off musta been desperate, an idiot, or both.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 9:16pm

      @MRMAGOO, The Boas and Burmas among other non-native species to Fla. come from pets who have been brought to Fla. from ANYWHERE. I know there is a concern and rightly so. I have seen people bring reptiles from Asia, Africa, Vietnam,Laos only to have and to breed. They raise, breed, and sell to willing buyer. This is what they have made money on in their country so they try to make money here doing same. These pets? can get so big that the owners want to let the animal survive on its’ own instead of disposing of it. they will let it loose wherever. A lot of these animals have no natural predators so we have to decide which and when to hunt. This is an opportunity for entry level positions as game wardens in any state in the S.E. U.S.

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    • MrMagoo
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 10:43pm

      1CASAWIZARD,
      “This is an opportunity for entry level positions as game wardens in any state in the S.E. U.S.”

      So when terrorists come into the USA and attack our country from airplanes,its an opportunity for entry level positions as TSA agents in any State?
      Look what that’s got us.
      Better to nip it in the bud before it blossoms.Animals included.

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    • booger71
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:11am

      This is an opportunity for entry level positions as game wardens in any state in the S.E. U.S.”
      ————————————–
      A game warden wants to manage deer herds not Constrictors.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 12:41am

      @Mr MAGOO, You went overboard on this one. This vent is about animals and you started talking about human animals. Terrorist humans and animals are different. One has to survive and the other has religious beliefs to kill others make their point in order to meet their 72 year old virgin male.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 27, 2011 at 1:02am

      @BOOGER71. Concerning your constrictors, there is not a concern about how many are harvested as with deer or any other protected species. WTF? Are there any concerns about boas, coyotes, or boars? You can kill,leave or carry with you as many as want where I’m at. Game police don‘t look at that because snakes don’t wreck cars unless the burmas grow big enough.

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:24pm

    This man needs to serve some time in prison, preferably one that is severe in its treatment of stupid people like this idiot.

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    • SHASTADIANE1
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 11:43pm

      Give him to Sheriff Joe as this dude is trying to bring in illegal aliens, of the legless kind…YIKES!

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:14pm

    Glad I no longer fly the unfriendly skies.

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  • SeekerEmerald
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:11pm

    What a moron… Has he no clue that the animals would suffocate? They would not even survive long enough to freeze in the (unheated) cargo section of the plane. And lets not forget the question of whether to cargo area is pressurized on his particular plane or not…

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  • Detroit paperboy
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:02pm

    Whata weirdo…

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:00pm

    Crazy fool. Glad he got caught.

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    • GeneTracy
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:05pm

      I agree.Flying now days can be unpleasant enough,especially with the involvement of our TSA “friends”.Then add this to the mix,YIKES!

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    • chips1
      Posted on December 26, 2011 at 8:38pm

      We sure could use a muslim snake czar. Creating jobs is what Obama does best. He said so!!!!

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