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Feds Find LAX Airport Can Be a Zoo -- Literally

On any given day, the sprawling Los Angeles International Airport known as LAX can be a zoo, locked in a frenetic pace, passengers coming and going. And then on certain days, it really, really is a zoo. Over the past few years alone, federal law enforcement authorities have nabbed people trying to illegally smuggle in...

Titi Monkeys: Lucrative Trafficking Targets for Smugglers

(July 21) -- The custom among some Mexicans of using exotic animals as status symbols has led to a big animal trafficking problem in the country. Roberto Sol Cabrera, a 38-year-old Mexican, added to that problem when he smuggled 18 Titi monkeys he'd bought in Peru onto a flight from Lima to Mexico City. The monkeys...