The suspect had packed some ants in test tubes while others were concealed in tissue paper rolls, prosecutor says.
  • who@feddit.orgEnglish
    9·
    23 hours ago

    attempting to smuggle more than 2,000 queen garden ants out of the country.

    It is believed that the intended destinations were the exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia.

  • psx_crab@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    23 hours ago

    I’m curious what they do with the ant, so apparently it’s meant as a pets. Pet trade is one large fucked up industry, like with fish, a lot of it can’t breed captively so they all are wild caught then put on display, which mean a lot of it will die while in transportation. I assume this is the same with exotic pets like this ant.

    • BenjiRenji@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      22 hours ago

      Bringing queens across country borders (or even state lines) is more illegal than I thought.