A Nairobi court this week sentenced four convicted ant smugglers from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya to each pay a $7,700 fine, or spend one year in jail, for attempting to smuggle 5,440 Giant African Harvester Queen Ants out of the country.
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A Nairobi court this week sentenced four convicted ant smugglers from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya to each pay a $7,700 fine, or spend one year in jail, for attempting to smuggle 5,440 Giant African Harvester Queen Ants out of the country. https://continent.substack.com/p/dont-go-putting-our-ants-in-your
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A Nairobi court this week sentenced four convicted ant smugglers from Belgium, Vietnam and Kenya to each pay a $7,700 fine, or spend one year in jail, for attempting to smuggle 5,440 Giant African Harvester Queen Ants out of the country. https://continent.substack.com/p/dont-go-putting-our-ants-in-your
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@futurebird I think this might be relevant to you
️We've entered the era of "ant crimes"
I'm a little surprised they took such a big risk for this species. And no one needs to keep these ants when there are great local equivalents in Europe and the US.
But maybe this will make the Kenyan government more excited about tourism to see insects and help with conservation.
