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Sugar glider couple escape conviction

Sugar glider couple escape conviction

| 08/02/2018 | 131 Comments

(CNS): Jimel McLean and Sabrina Walton walked away from court Thursday with a conditional discharge in relation to charges of importing a live animal. Even though they brought in a sugar glider, which is an alien species, without a licence, the crown opted to take a “pragmatic approach” to the case against the couple, who […]

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Couple admit illegal import of sugar glider

Couple admit illegal import of sugar glider

| 11/01/2018 | 79 Comments

(CNS): Jimel McLean and Sabrina Walton, who were both charged with importing a live animal without a licence, pleaded guilty Thursday and were bailed until a sentence hearing next month. In one of the first prosecutions of its kind, the couple attempted to bring a sugar glider into Cayman from the US last summer. But they were […]

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Animal importation case adjourned for legal talks

Animal importation case adjourned for legal talks

| 30/11/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Jimel McLean and Sabrina Walton, who were charged earlier this month for importing a live animal without a licence, appeared in court Thursday but the case was adjourned to allow the lawyers to discuss the details of the charges. They were both bailed to return to court in January without answering the charges against them. McLean […]

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Sugar-glider posed serious eco-threat

Sugar-glider posed serious eco-threat

| 20/10/2017 | 48 Comments

(CNS): The case against two people arrested by customs for attempting to smuggle a sugar-glider into the Cayman Islands appears stalled, but conservationists have raised concerns about the dangers posed by the importation of exotic alien species to the native and indigenous flora and fauna and what could have happened if the creature in this […]

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Two arrested over smuggling exotic pets

Two arrested over smuggling exotic pets

| 09/06/2017 | 0 Comments

(CNS): Officials from the Customs Department have confirmed that a 31-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman from Bodden Town were arrested on Wednesday evening in connection with what appears to be smuggling of exotic pets. Collector of Customs Charles Clifford said that an “unsecured animal created a scare” on board a Cayman Airways flight from […]

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