WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two German men have been sentenced to prison in New Zealand after they admitted they traveled to the country to steal and smuggle out rare native lizards.
Dieter Ernst, 56, and Thorsten Richartz, 47, were sentenced Friday to 4 1/2 months in jail after they pleaded guilty to charges of hunting protected wildlife and possessing four rare native jeweled geckos.
Judge Stephen Coyle told Dunedin District Court it was the longest sentence the men could receive, given their guilty pleas. The maximum sentence for the charge is six months in prison.
Two other Germans were sentenced to prison last year after they were caught trying to smuggle rare …
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