Over 100 Lizards Abandoned Near Sewer

[Anchor] You might notice something different today, right? Starting today, we will be greeting you every day at this time with Morning Hot Topic, delivering the hottest issues of the morning.

Now, let us take a look at our first hot topic of the day.

It is a story about a staggering 100 lizards being discovered in downtown Busan.

It appears they were abandoned in a mass and later rescued.

Let us take a look at the first hot topic.

This was in the early hours of June 28.

The scene is near a sewer close to Pukyong National University in Nam-gu, Busan.

If you look closely, these are all lizards.

It is reported that about 100 were collected at the scene, and some had already entered the sewer or were found dead.

The rescued lizards are crested geckos, which are popular as pet reptiles.

Most of them were young, less than a month old.

It is presumed that they were bred for sale but were abandoned when the owner could no longer manage them.

However, will it be possible to punish the person who abandoned them? That remains unclear.

A representative from a reptile business who participated in the rescue stated that they asked the police to check CCTV footage, but were told that if it is difficult to prove intent, the case could be treated as illegal dumping of waste rather than animal abandonment.

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