Tag: bird-smuggling

Two men indicted for smuggling $1 million of exotic bird taxidermy into US

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Oct. 11, 2023 By Ben Brachfeld Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have indicted two men they say smuggled more than $1 million worth of exotic bird taxidermy and eggs into the United States, in violation of statutes and treaties meant to protect wildlife. John Waldrop, 74, of Columbus, Georgia, and Toney Jones, 53, of Eufala,…