Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
apnews.com Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
A woman from China has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak.
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For those like me who wondered “why”… $1000 a pop.
The agents searched her heavy duffle bag and found 29 live eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks, the affidavit states. Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, the affidavit stated.