Friday, September 3, 2010

The Smuggling: 95 Boa constrictors break "free" out of luggage bag!

yes, you read the title correctly!! Officials say that on August 26th, Keng Liang "Anson" Wong, 52, attempted to smuggle 95 Boa constrictors (hardcore snakes!) and a few other species of snakes and a turtle through Kuala Lumpur International airport.

His plight ended early when his luggage burst open on the conveyor belt and all the animals came tumbling out. Ironically, Wong was arrested almost a decade ago for the SAME crime and sentenced to almost 6 years in jail for smuggling wildlife in the U.S. between 1996 and 1998.

Why do we allow these things to happen? Shouldn't there be some sort of an alarm or colorful sticker on these people's passports that say "hey, I once tried to smuggle wildlife, you should probably check my baggage carefully!! K,thanks."

And even more ridiculous is that he is only being charged for the boa constrictor snakes smuggling because the others are not on the endangered species list!!

WHAT?!? Now, we must wait until a species population ranks so low that it makes the human bottom list before we care? Cynical and egotistical things we are.

READ IT!!

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