Parrots also need to be declared.

      Samara customs officers discovered 4 undeclared parrots being transported from Uzbekistan to Moscow through the territory of Kazakhstan. The vehicle was stopped near the village of Akbulak. Inside the car were cages with birds: 2 blue-and-yellow macaws and 2 noble green-and-red parrots. The driver did not have a customs declaration or veterinary documents for the live cargo. The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) and the noble green-and-red parrot (Eclectus roratus) are covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, dated March 3, 1973. The Samara customs has initiated an administrative offense case under part 1 of article 16.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia (non-declaration of goods). The penalty for this article includes a fine or confiscation of goods. Currently, the seized birds have been transferred to the Ulyanovsk Zoo.

      Darya Metelkina, press secretary of the Samara customs

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