Sony Dong was arrested in March for trying to smuggle songbirds into the United States. He got caught when a Los Angeles International Airport inspector noticed feathers peeking out from the bottom of his pants and bird poop on his shiny black shoes. More than a dozen birds were strapped to his legs with buttoned cloth wrappings.Exotic songbirds from Asia can earn high prices in the United States. The rescued birds might end up in a zoo.
Photograph by AP/Department of Justice
Read more about the bird smuggling case on National Geographic News.
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eww! who would kill birds just to decorate shoes? no me!i'm glad they aressted HIM!
ya thats just sick
okay thats plain out nasty.. who would kill birds there not worth any thing now there dead!!!!!
he got what he deserved
thats nasty and really gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They didn't kill the birds he strapped them with cloth on his legs. So he could sell them in the US for great amounts of money!
~~~~JON~~~~
(luckstomper)
I'm glad that guy was aressted! Taking birds from their home in Asia just to sell them in the US is just plain Wrong!
grabbyfriu I have to agree with you