Sad find at Düsseldorf Airport: Customs shows disturbing photos
Created: 2022-01-26Updated: 2022-01-26 3:23 PM
Customs made the disturbing find at Düsseldorf Airport (symbol image).
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A woman wanted to import a skinned pangolin at Düsseldorf Airport.
Customs made the sad find and showed disturbing photos of the pangolin.
Düsseldorf – Attention, this find gets to your kidneys: Customs at Düsseldorf Airport discovered a skinned pangolin in the suitcase of a traveler from Ghana.
The pangolin is under special species protection.
The woman wanted to bring the already prepared pangolin to Germany as a delicacy, reports 24RHEIN.
Düsseldorf Airport: Customs find skinned pangolin
The find was made by the customs officers on January 12th.
A 42-year-old woman had traveled to Düsseldorf from Ghana via the Netherlands.
The woman, who lives in Mönchengladbach, carried three suitcases with her.
One of them was reserved exclusively for food.
"In addition to fish and vegetables, which were considered harmless under import law, the customs officers also found a well-packaged plastic bag," reports a customs spokesman.
Inside, the customs officers made the sad discovery: a skinned and prepared pangolin.
Sad find: This pangolin was discovered at customs at Düsseldorf Airport.
© Main Customs Office Düsseldorf
The pangolin was skinned from head to toe, even the eye sockets can still be seen.
"When asked about this by customs officials, the traveler stated that the pangolin is a delicacy that she bought from a farm in Ghana and that she intends to eat with her family," says the customs spokesman.
"However, the traveler did not enjoy this dubious delicacy."
Customs confiscated skinned pangolin at Dusseldorf airport.
Pangolin/Pangolin
Pangolins, also known as pangolins or pinecones, live primarily in parts of Africa and Asia.
They live in swampy areas as well as in rain forests, open savannas or bush lands.
They feed mainly on ants or termites.
Smaller representatives of the pangolins grow between 25 and 43 centimeters, larger ones up to 81 centimeters.
In addition, there is a tail length of 25 to 70 centimeters.
The stocks of pangolins are declining sharply, which is why they are under particularly strict species protection.
Because: Pangolins, and therefore also pangolins, are specially protected animals.
They have the highest protection status under European law and the Washington Convention on the Protection of Endangered Species.
Criminal proceedings were initiated against the woman on the suspicion of violating species protection regulations.
"The pangolin was confiscated and then destroyed," explains the customs spokesman.
Last December, a very unusual find at Cologne/Bonn Airport caused a stir.
At that time, customs officers had prevented the smuggling of so-called "bushmeat" from Nigeria.
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