Overview

• Customs seized 45 animals from a Thai Airways passenger at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport early Saturday.
• The illegal cargo contained raccoons, hyraxes, black foxes and iguanas, with many specimens suffocated to death in transit.
• Wildlife experts from the Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare are stabilizing the surviving animals on-site.
• The passenger was identified and detained during a routine baggage inspection upon arrival.
• Officials will deport the recovered creatures to Thailand under the Wildlife Protection Act.