United States Customs Officers Seize Six Shipments of Bloodsuckers

U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have seized nine jars of bloodsuckers. No, we’re not talking about vampires. We’re talking about slimy creatures, specifically, leeches found across six air cargo shipments in the month of February from Bulgaria destined for addresses in Connecticut, Florida, and Illinois. The nine jars contained a total of about 900 leeches and were labeled as Hirudo orientalis but were identified by U.S. Fish and Wildlife inspectors as Hirudo medicinalis, an endangered species of leeches used for medicinal bloodletting purposes. The shipments were in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

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