Foreign nationals, primarily from Asia, are reportedly disrupting West Coast ecosystems by arriving in the United States and stealing succulent plants from U.S. state parks.
A detailed report by the Washington Post reveals how foreign nationals from Asia are increasingly coming to the U.S. to rip succulent plants out of the ground at state parks to sell them in their home countries of South Korea, China, and Japan.
The Post noted the most recent case in which wildlife detectives caught three South Korean nationals stealing succulents after arriving in the U.S.:
But wildlife detectives who had been tracking the three South Korean nationals since they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport in October 2018 noticed that their rented minivan was full of boxes and rubber totes — not the typical gear for a week-long vacation. The men chatted on handheld radios as they explored the parks and always seemed to wear bulky backpacks. Watching from a distance, wardens saw what they were stuffing inside: Dudleya succulents, which have spiky blue-green leaves immediately recognizable to anyone on Pinterest and Instagram.
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What else is going to be stolen
ReplyDeletefrom our Country? Who would have
thought this!
Any culture that eats dried monkey brains and uses dried monkey penises for some unproven medical remedy has not adapted to western culture.
ReplyDeleteAll they will get is a slap on the wrist and they will be right back at it again. A $10,000.00 fine per plant will stop that crap.
ReplyDeleteNo $hit. Go down to any shore and they keep any size crab or fish they catch.
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: I recall a few years ago when we allowed a bunch of Cambodians into the country, rabbits, squirrels, dogs and other furry creatures mysteriously began to disappear. I recall that rat sandwiches made with French loafs were popular among the Vietnamese.
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