Overburdened pet owners leave paper bags containing baby crocodiles at the door and holidaymakers back from Tunisia come to unload tortoises they smuggled back from vacation. "We never know what tomorrow will bring."Ĭustoms officials, fire departments and police all drop off confiscated, abandoned or escaped reptiles almost daily. "For every animal we're able to place, two new ones turn up," Baur sighs. They have been able to find new homes for many of the reptiles - among them, nine young Nile crocodiles that Baur and Friz escorted to a Spanish zoo via Air Berlin in late June. The veterinarians currently care for about 600 animals at Munich University's reptile sanctuary and have seen more than 1,700 animals come through since the beginning of the year. "There was no more room anywhere else," Baur explains. At the moment, his office is home to a freshwater turtle, a Mexican parrot snake, two tarantulas, several twist-necked turtles, giant musk turtles, Chinese false-eyed turtles, mud turtles and an egg-eating snake. He shares a small, drab room with his colleague Tobias Friz - and with a number of animals. MUNICH, Germany, J- Veterinarian Markus Baur never has a moment alone at work.
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