Thursday, March 25, 2010

We are for protecting wild animals and they belong where they were born - right. Like us! You and I would not like it if someone hid us in their pants or whatever and then takes us 000s of miles away from home.So we are against this crazy people who steal animals! Dirty Dog is right in getting upset or having a tissy fit so to speak.

2 scenarios posted by By Brad Tuttle, Budget Travel
A cold-blooded crime A California man returned from Australia with 11 skinks, 2 monitor lizards, and 2 geckos — all of them strapped to his chest. By our count, that's 15 more lizards than you're legally allowed to attach to your torso and bring into the country. Officials nabbed him at Los Angeles International Airport with the illicit reptiles, which were worth more than $8,500 to exotic-animal collectors.
** We sure hope they were returned to Aussieland muy pronto!

Is that a monkey in your pants, or … Actually, it was two live pygmy monkeys, smuggled into LAX in the pants of a California man. He also carried what amounted to an entire biodiversity exhibit, including four exotic birds and 50 rare orchids he had taken from Indonesia. How was he caught? During an inspection in L.A., a bird hopped out of his bag and flew around the terminal. The man, who claimed to be a concerned environmentalist hoping to deliver his finds to a wildlife sanctuary in Costa Rica, was eventually sentenced to 57 days in jail and fined $15,000. The monkeys were released from the man's pants and sent to more expansive quarters at the Los Angeles Zoo.
** We believe these should have been sent back to Indonesia.

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