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[monkeywire] Man given 57 days jail over monkeys in trousers

From: gregory nahas <lettherebemonkeys AT yahoo.com>
To: monkeywire <monkeywire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [monkeywire] Man given 57 days jail over monkeys in trousers
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:12:13 -0800 (PST)

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_731345.html?menu=news.quirkies

Man given 57 days jail over monkeys in trousers

A man who smuggled a pair of endangered pygmy monkeys
into the US in his trousers, has been sentenced to 57
days in jail.

Robert John Cusack was also found to be carrying four
endangered birds of paradise and 50 protected orchids
Los Angeles International Airport on June 13.

He'd arrived in the country from Thailand.

The 45-year-old has pleaded guilty to smuggling the
tiny monkeys and was sentenced to 57 days in jail -
time already served.

He has been ordered to donate more than £7,000 to a
Texas facility for primates and to pay more than
£1,800 for the primates' board while quarantined.

The Los Angeles Times says the stubby-tailed creatures
are now in the nursery at Los Angeles Zoo.

Story filed: 11:03 Friday 20th December 2002

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[monkeywire] Man given 57 days jail over monkeys in trousers, gregory nahas, 12/20/2002