ENDANGERED PRIMATE BONES FOUND IN CHILI PEPPER SHIPMENT SEIZED IN CINCINNATI

On 10 September, The Enquirer reported that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Cincinnati saw something strange when they were inspecting several large bags of dried chili peppers imported from Thailand in April – specialists found multiple prohibited wildlife products, including numerous dried frogs and insects and the remains of an endangered primate.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/09/10/customs-we-found-remains-endangered-primate-shipment-cincinnati/5768794002/

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