Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Smuggling Exotic Animals

For some reason the 21st century has seen a rise in the smuggling of exotic animals.  This is one of the reasons for the increase in pythons found in the Everglades over the past few years.  A few months ago a baby tiger was found in a woman's suitcase as she went through airport customs.  Last year a baby crocodile was found in the Charles River near Boston. Yesterday an airport search at Delhi discovered lorises in the pants of two men.  The lorises, one of whom was seven inches long, were in pouches in the men's underwear. The fact that the loris is becoming extinct probably made smuggling them more attractive.

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