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<p>Dozens of snakes and lizards worth £45,000 have been stolen from a reptile shop.</p>
<p>Bosses at Lost World Reptiles in Teynham, near Sittingbourne, Kent, said they were &#8220;heartbroken&#8221; at having to start the business from scratch again.</p>
<p>Police believe the thieves were not opportunists and may have visited the shop before stealing a total of 66 creatures between 4.30pm on January 3 and 9am the following day.</p>
<p>Most of the snakes are Royal Pythons of different colours and range in length from 2.5 feet to 3.5 feet. They can fetch anything from £350 to £2,500 and are not poisonous.</p>
<p>John Harrison, who helps run the shop with his son Karl, 35, said many of the snakes were imported as eight-week-old hatchlings from the United States and the past two years had been spent raising them into juveniles.</p>
<p>Mr Harrison, 58, said: &#8220;We are absolutely heartbroken at the burglary. Such a lot of work has gone into this shop and now we are going to have to start all over again.</p>
<p>&#8220;These snakes and lizards need specialist care and our greatest fear is that whoever has taken them won&#8217;t look after them properly and will struggle to find outlets for them and they are just going to die, which would be a terrible shame.&#8221;</p>
<p>The three lizards which were stolen were rare Kimberley Rock Monitors, each about two feet long and worth £495 apiece.</p>
<p>Detective Inspector Emma Banks, from Kent Police, said: &#8220;This doesn&#8217;t appear to be the work of opportunist thieves and it&#8217;s highly likely that whoever stole the snakes and lizards has experience in handling reptiles and had previously been into the shop.&#8221; </p>
<p>Anyone with information is asked to call Sittingbourne police on 01795 419182 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. </p>
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