Weirdest Animal-Smuggling Incidents

America: Monkey

In November 2007, a mother and daughter on vacation in Thailand bought a baby rhesus macaque to bring home to Washington State as a pet. According to news reports, they sedated the monkey and placed it under the 28-year-old daughter’s clothes—as if she were pregnant—and cleared security. They were arrested only after bringing their “baby” to a mall and boasting about it. The monkey was transferred to a primate rescue facility in Oregon.