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More than 50 reptiles, including a crocodile, were stolen from an Australian animal education center established to continue the work of wildlife crusader Steve Irwin. The haul from the Wildlife Wonderland near Melbourne, included a 60-centimetre (2 feet) freshwater crocodile, two pythons and three bearded dragons, all requiring an owner's license,

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SuperX
March 18, 2007, 2:24 a.m.
How absolutly sad, this is another comment on peoples greed. I bet this broke the hearts of all of the Irwin family and the people that work there, not to mention the people of Australia.
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RedDwarf
March 18, 2007, 9:39 a.m.
they wont get away with it.
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TechnologyExpert
March 18, 2007, 9:45 a.m.
Hopefully they'll get caught ... but by then it'll probably be too late to get the animals back ... :-(
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kriicket
March 18, 2007, 9:57 a.m.
I'm surprised they didn't have chips implanted in them....but then again, they probably don't believe in that, nor did they believe that someone would actually come in and steal them either.
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mbkijb
March 18, 2007, 10:43 a.m.
sick, sad and disgusting.
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WCFIELDS
March 18, 2007, 10:47 a.m.
This is probably just a coincidence but my brother, Morton, knows a guy that runs a chili parlor in Melbourne who just ordered a book from Morton's Book Store entitled "101 ways to Make Chili from Crocodiles, Pythons, Bearded Dragons and Blue-tongue Lizards".
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pattif
March 18, 2007, 10:51 a.m.
People just never cease to amaze me................
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ontherock
March 18, 2007, 11:52 a.m.
Hopefully the thief/s will get bitten!!!
then when they go to get the anti-venom or stitched up they can be arrested!!
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TOtheMOON
March 18, 2007, 12:25 p.m.
You would think that this place would have staff 24 hrs. since they needed such special care. Wonder why they wouldn't.
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1basque1
March 18, 2007, 3:07 p.m.
I feel badly for the poor reptiles that were taken. Sorry bastards, hope something bad happens to them...
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Jill33
March 18, 2007, 3:21 p.m.
I think that is sick here they are trying to do good for the animals and the people/kids and some jerks have to do that.
where are there morales?
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johnkamis64
March 18, 2007, 5:53 p.m.
It's being proven, the hard way that some people HAVE no morals,no sence of decency.Check out the Bush administration,(Or crime family) the most unmoral non-patriots ever to be in power. The reptiles named are in big demand on the black-market for pets.Some may well be bought by poachers.(Steve described poachers as the bane of his life.)It's doubtful they will be recovered.
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carran
March 18, 2007, 6 p.m.
Bastards!
Sad thing is that if they don't properly take care of the animals then their fate is sealed. And for whatever the motivation of the theft it will all be for nothing! IDIOTS! Is nothing sacred anymore? Why do I even ask....
Even if they don't catch them, karma has been known to be a #$%&* (insert bad word)!!!!!!!!!
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evelyna
March 18, 2007, 11:37 p.m.
As bad as your bills and taxes hooking on to your grave.
Criminals are opportunists.
They will have to secure the camp better. Maybe bring in some lions to gaurd the gates.