Airport K9 sniffs out mummified monkeys in Boston luggage, preventing "potential danger"

CBS ^ | 2-9-24 | Neal Riley

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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection K9 detected mummified monkey remains inside luggage at Boston's Logan Airport last month, preventing meat that can potentially carry dangerous diseases like the Ebola virus from entering the country, federal authorities said.

On January 8, K9 Buddey alerted officers to a bag belonging to a passenger who just arrived on a Delta flight from Paris. The person was coming back to the U.S. after visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, Customs and Border Protection said.

The passenger said the bag only had dried fish inside, and a luggage x-ray seemed to confirm that. But a physical inspection revealed "the dead and dehydrated bodies of four monkeys," the agency said.

"Bushmeat can carry germs that can cause illness, including the Ebola virus. The work of CBP's K9 unit and Agricultural Specialist were vital in preventing this potential danger from entering the U.S."

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Dammit. What will I serve my guests for the Stupor Bowel?

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I felt that this story deserved its’ own thread.

[logi_cal869]

“Stupor Bowel”

It was worth it just to read that.

Well done.

[posterchild]

What was he thinking? You have to carry stuff like that over a land border.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Airport K9 sniffs out mummified monkeys in Boston luggage, preventing "potential danger"

At first, I thought this was a story about Madam Hillary Benghazi.

[V_TWIN]

P.T. Barnum LIVES!

[9YearLurker]

Probably so, thanks.

[Sooth2222]

Monkey meat and other kind of "bushmeat" like bats, cane rats and antelope are not allowed into the U.S. because they pose a disease risk. Anyone who tries to bring bushmeat into the country can face a $250,000 fine.

The mummified monkeys were detained for the Centers for Disease Control, which asked Delta to either destroy the bags or send them back to France.

Wut?

[Jeff Chandler]

Airport K9 sniffs out mummified monkeys in Boston luggage, tears them apart searching for the squeakers.

[Ezekiel]

Monkey meat and other kind of "bushmeat" like bats, cane rats and antelope are not allowed into the U.S. because they pose a disease risk.

Curious, the free-for-all on the southern border.

But let's not argue over simiantics.

[TornadoAlley3]

Importing another pandemic

[Col Frank Slade]

The mummy monkeys were detained and mug shots taken.

[bigbob]

Mummified Monkey would be a great name for a rock band.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The real deal!

[Ikeon]

no name or description or arrest of the perp given.

Is it them again Yogi? It's always them Boo-Boo.

[Don W]

The only monkeys I like: DEAD!!

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ICWYDT

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"The passenger said the bag only had dried fish inside, and a luggage x-ray seemed to confirm that"

I was not aware fish and monkeys have similar skeletons and head shapes.

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Does that mean the void has been nullified?

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It means “WELL PLAYED!”