Feds Raid California Kilt Store

[The Barry]

This all sounds very complicated. Is there any seal skin that is allowed to be imported into the US? I thought that all seal skin was banned.

[Wompet]

All personal importations are banned (talked with FWS about this at work today).
Commercial importations - those requirements were pretty much covered in the other thread.

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From what I hear, the sporrans that were seized in the raid are all bovine. However, the customs people can't tell bovine from seal, so they are planning to do DNA testing on all the sporrans.

You'd think they would have more important things to do.......and better ways to spend our money.

[Mr. bone]

I would go farther; when reading or hearing a report of every event of which I had personal knowledge, in every case the report was mistaken or misleading in some way. From that experience I must conclude that all other media reports are almost certainly inaccurate as well.

Pretty broad generalization their friend. In 33 years in radio I have yet to screw up any report that I have originated. Granted I am not in the news end of things but when I have been thrust into that position, I always make sure the facts are in fact, facts. Reported nation wide a few years back when our towns lumbermill caught on fire, and didn't screw up one fact. It was 7pm and our newsman was gone. Last week our local art and history building caught fire and being as it was a block away from the station I was first media on the scene and broke the report ahead of everyone else. Unless I got bad info from the fire or police depts. I got it all straight. Now the paper, well, that's a whole 'nuther thing. Plus, in radio...we have no typos!

[The Barry]

News, like any other form of communication, is not without bias.

'Tis the way of the world.

[tulloch]

Two thoughts: First, I hope that the business owners, if they are seen in the media, wear their kilts and make the best of the publicity. Second, we should all be aware that skins, feathers and ivory can get us into trouble at the US boarder. I believe that there are many situations where I could get in trouble having my sgian dubh let alone a dirk. I would not take anything ivory out of the US without the expectation that it could be lost returning here.

[Colonel MacNeal]

While visiting Niagra Falls (the Canadian side) over 20 years ago, my wife and I found baby seal dolls (about 1/4 scale) that were actually made out of seal pup skin. Revolting to say the least.

[The Barry]

While visiting Niagra Falls (the Canadian side) over 20 years ago, my wife and I found baby seal dolls (about 1/4 scale) that were actually made out of seal pup skin. Revolting to say the least.

Wow, the most horrifying combination of cute and grotesque.

[gilmore]

While visiting Niagra Falls (the Canadian side) over 20 years ago, my wife and I found baby seal dolls (about 1/4 scale) that were actually made out of seal pup skin. Revolting to say the least.

How strange.

The only thing that I have seen that comes close to that irony was in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area, where I came upon a slaughterhouse with a petting zoo in the front of it for the kiddies.

[Howard Clark]

I would not take anything ivory out of the US without the expectation that it could be lost returning here.

There is a special declaration form for this, so you can leave with it, and come back with it, and if it was yours when you left, it yours when you get home too. Wompet just posted in another thread about what the number on the form was, but I forget now what it was.