Australia seizes 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches

Australian authorities have seized 100,000 illegal Madagascar hissing and dubia cockroaches, valued at $200,000 AUD, from a New South Wales breeder. These invasive species, favored by pet owners as reptile feed, threaten native ecosystems and agriculture. Officials are destroying the insects and investigating the breeder as part of a crackdown on the growing, high-risk online exotic pest trade.