airports vs international smuggling

In March 2019, agents at Los Angeles International Airport intercepted a man traveling from Vietnam with 28 songbirds packed into the lining of his suitcase. 

In May 2017, a Fountain Valley man was arrested for smuggling 93 Asian songbirds from Vietnam to LAX. All but eight died in that instance. 

Among the surviving animals (transferred to the L.A. Zoo, where they received veterinary care) were two red-billed blue magpies, one Indochinese green magpie, one Bali mynah/starling (a species that the Zoo has worked with for some time), one golden-crested mynah, one black-collared starling, and one gold fronted leafbird—all of which found permanent homes at the zoo.

https://zooscape.lazoo.org/2019/06/01/silent-forest-refugees/

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/projects/photo-ark/

https://abc7chicago.com/endangered-species-day-photo-ark-joel-sartore-bird-smuggling

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/photo-ark-magpies-illegal-wildlife-trade