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| ICE bags seven Totoaba fish swim bladder bandits |
| 2013-04-28 |
| SAN DIEGO, Mexiphornia — Krak Federal ICE Fish Bladder Division authorities Wednesday announced the filing of criminal charges against seven individuals for their role in plundering and smuggling swim bladders belonging to the endangered Totoaba fish that lives exclusively in Mexico's Sea of Cortez. Collectively the seven individuals, who were charged over the last three months in separate criminal complaints and indictments, are believed to be responsible for the illegal importation of more than 500 Totoaba bladders seized at the Calexico Port of Entry. The bladders, an ingredient in a centuries-old Chinese soup, are dried and then sold on the black market in Hong Kong and mainland China where they fetch as much as $10,000 each. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Here's a real ine, Shipman: Pussy Toes! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-04-28 14:39 |
| #4 Kitteh Ears! (I made that up) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-28 13:11 |
| #3 shark fins, bear gall bladders, ..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-04-28 11:49 |
| #2 It's amazing how many endangered species are such because of poachers trying to fill the Chinese market for "medicine" and food. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-04-28 10:04 |
| #1 Per (yeah I know) Wiki: 200 bladders may be sold for $3.6 million at 2013 prices $18K a pop? Hell, these fish are goners. or AquaKulture.... I will need a start-up loan. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-04-28 06:31 |