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Man Arrested for Transporting Exotic Fish Through Dallas Airport

A man was arrested earlier this week for transporting two types of invasive species through Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

According to NBCDFW.com, United States Fish and Wildlife Service officials said an unidentified Kansas man has been charged with shipping the live invasive species of fish to the Dallas airport.

The man planned to drive the freshwater stingrays and boulengerella back to Kansas from the airport via a shipping crate that was filled with bags of water containing the animals wrapped in newspaper.

Both species of the confiscated exotic fish are on the Texas and Oklahoma invasive species lists.

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The Fish and Wildlife Service representatives said they were forced to euthanize the animals, as they could cause potential harm to the native Texas ecosystem. The bodies of the creatures have been kept as evidence in the criminal case.

In a similar story from earlier this week, security personnel at an airport in the Philippines arrested a man after 757 live tarantulas worth an estimated $5,900 were discovered inside boxes of cookies and oatmeal.

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