Bizarre smuggling method USA: ticks smuggled massively

new york - The authorities at the American John F. Kennedy International Airport are in their stomach with the large-scale smuggling of songbirds. Those finches are used in singing competitions, reported...

'People place bets on how often the finches will chirp in a minute's time, whichever bird chirps most often,' explains a spokesman for the customs. A successful competition bird can raise up to 10 000 dollars (more than 8800 euros). That makes smuggling the animals a lucrative business.