“A television wildlife expert who appeared on Alan Titchmarsh’s chat show has walked free from court despite being convicted of keeping more than 70 exotic animals in ‘unspeakable’ conditions.

Stephen Rowlands, 32, made regular television appearances and taught schoolchildren across the UK about the rare creatures with his company Tropical Inc.The company, which teaches school children about tropical animals, states on its website that its staff can educate people about how to care for exotic pets.
When police raided the company’s headquarters in Dunhampton, Worcester, on January 3 they found 74 tropical creatures starved and crammed in four squalid holding pens.”

Source : Mail Online

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