Customs agents in Cincinnati have seized approximately 3,700 mitten crabs, considered among the world’s most invasive species, from several shipments heading to the U.S. from China and Hong Kong.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said that agents at the Port of Cincinnati intercepted 51 shipments of the crabs, totaling around 3,400 pounds, over the last four months. The shipments came from China and Hong Kong, and most were set to arrive in New York.
Officials said in a press release that the live crabs were shipped falsely as "tools and various clothing articles.”
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The tipoff might have been that "tools and various clothing articles” don't need to be refrigerated or packed in dry ice.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we start shipping Canada geese to China?
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