NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- A bird-smuggling suspect was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday when live finches were found stuffed into hair curlers. CBS2's Hazel Sanchez spoke with ...

These caged birds won’t sing! A Connecticut man faces 20 years behind bars for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of live finches through John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday to compete in ...

A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

A Connecticut man was arrested at a New York City airport Sunday after returning from South America with nearly three dozen small live birds, each concealed in a plastic hair curler, hidden inside his ...

Customs officials at New York's JFK Airport discovered 35 live finches attached to a man's jacket and ankles as he attempted to smuggle them into the country for singing competitions, federal ...

New York police say that Victor Benjamin and Insaf Ali flew from Guyana to the John F. Kennedy International Airport — and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers so they could put them ...

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Birds all over the world break into a dawn chorus every morning – now experiments in zebra finches suggest both a mechanistic ...

In 2018, police said two men flew from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers to put them in a bird-singing competition ...