US Customs and Border Protection officers seized zebra and giraffe bones from a woman at Washington's Dulles International Airport, the agency says.
officers seized zebra and giraffe bones from a woman at Washington's Dulles International Airport, the agency said in a news release.Customs agriculture specialists discovered the bones after X-raying her baggage on November 10.
The Fish and Wildlife Service determined possession of the bones violated the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, the Endangered Species Act, and the Lacey Act, according to Friday's release. The woman was not criminally charged but the Fish and Wildlife Service ordered the seizure of the bones.
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