A coo for anti-pigeon smuggling efforts

Australian authorities have finally caught a member of an elusive pigeon smuggling ring - and they nabbed him literally with his pants down.

For trapped in each trouser leg was a pigeon trying to enter Oz illegally.

The pigeon mastermind behind the ring is still at large.

An arresting officer told Animal News:

The pigeons thought they could smuggle themselves into Australia by being hidden down under. The dude's socks were full of guano. We got them in the end but it was a bit hairy. And I'm not just talking about the legs!

This is not the first time that pigeon criminals have been caught in a smuggling ring, and their crime also extends to spying. But the last animal airport smuggling scheme we heard about was a monkey passing for a baby bump. Will this animal crime wave never end?

Hat tip: Doug

I have nothing to declare! Well except that I've got crabs

Readers will be glad to hear that whilst the US custom staff can miss monkey smuggling they are more apt at detecting crabs.

A Mexican citizen has been fined $1,910 for "not declaring crabs" after he was found in possession of 191 crabs when crossing a south Texas international bridge.

We advise all travellers to the USA to tell customs of any crabs they maybe bringing into the country or risk a similar fine.

Excuse me, do you have a monkey up your blouse?

When I see apparently pregnant women I often think “are they preggers or do they have a sedated monkey up their blouse?”

It therefore comes as no surprise to me that Gypsy Lawson has used this cunning ruse to smuggle a monkey into the USA. The stunt was missed by dozy US customs staff and only came to light after she bragged about it to a store clerk.

Next time you see a suspicious pregnant woman we suggest you check and ask, you might get a surprising response!

Pigeon drug smuggling ring busted in Bosnia

It is often said that pigeons are the crime masterminds of the animal world - and there has certainly been no shortage of pigeon crime reported by Animal News (see here).

In the latest twist of this feathered crime wave, a pigeon drug baron is now behind bars after being caught smuggling heroin into a Bosnian prison.

The Brisbane Times quotes Zenica prison official Josip Pojavnik:

"The guards suspected the animal might be involved in drug smuggling once they noticed four prisoners visibly intoxicated shortly after the pigeon landed on a prison window... We do not know what to do with the pigeon, but for the time being it will remain behind bars."

The drugs are suspected to originate in the town Tuzla, a location some 70 km from Zenica prison. But with the suspected pigeon offender behind bars, it would seem that animal crime really doesn't pay.