OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – Dozens of geckos were found dead after being locked away in an abandoned storage unit, leading the person responsible to be sentenced this week, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In a release, FWC officials said that complaints flooded in during November 2023 about the abandoned reptiles, which had been found inside the storage unit.

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“The storage company locked the unit after nonpayment, and its contents were discovered when employees prepared the unit for auction,” the release reads.

Investigators said that the storage unit contained 111 African fat-tailed geckos that had been stored in individual containers.

However, 41 of those geckos were already dead from neglect, with the containers being filthy, and la

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