<p>Spanish police announced on August 22 that they had dismantled Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, arresting three people in Mallorca and Barcelona.</p><p>More than 1,100 specimens from 62 different species of tortoise were seized, including up to 14 species considered critically endangered, police said</a>.</p><p>The operation, which began in February, culminated with the arrest of two German men suspected of operating the farm from Llucmajor, on the island of Mallorca, and a Spanish man who owns an exotic pet store in Barcelona. Another three people remain under investigation. Credit: Guardia Civil via Storyful</p><br />
