by Associated Press
Published: Wed, May 06, 2009 - 5:50 am CST
Last Updated: Wed, May 06, 2009 - 5:59 am CST
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors say a traveler tried smuggling songbirds into the United States by strapping more than adozen birds to his legs and trying to walk out of Los Angeles International Airport.
Sony Dong and another man were charged Tuesday with conspiracy in an eight-count federal indictment. Messages left with their
public defenders weren't immediately returned.
The U.S. attorney's office says Dong was held over for inspection at the airport when he returned from Vietnam earlier
this month. Prosecutors say he had bird feathers and droppings on his socks, and birds' tail feathers peeking out from under his
pants.
Three red-whiskered bul-buls, four magpie robins and six shama thrush were among the birds that are now in quarantine. More birds
were found in a Southern California home.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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