Date: 15/12/2018 01:20:57
From: dv
ID: 1316680
Subject: finch pinching

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/jfk-airport-live-finches-hair-rollers-smuggled


Customs officials at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers.

Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on Saturday had the songbirds in a duffel bag.

The New York Times reports officials believe the birds were brought to the US to participate in singing contests. Customs officials say people bet on how many times the finches chirp, and a winning male finch can sell for up to $10,000.

The birds were turned over to veterinarians to the US agriculture department, and the passenger was sent back to Guyana.

US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

Customs officers have seized about 184 finches this year.

what

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Date: 15/12/2018 01:26:26
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1316682
Subject: re: finch pinching

dv said:


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/jfk-airport-live-finches-hair-rollers-smuggled

Customs officials at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers.

Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on Saturday had the songbirds in a duffel bag.

The New York Times reports officials believe the birds were brought to the US to participate in singing contests. Customs officials say people bet on how many times the finches chirp, and a winning male finch can sell for up to $10,000.

The birds were turned over to veterinarians to the US agriculture department, and the passenger was sent back to Guyana.

US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

Customs officers have seized about 184 finches this year.

what

couldn’t they bet on flies crawling up a wall instead?

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Date: 15/12/2018 01:30:17
From: dv
ID: 1316684
Subject: re: finch pinching

sarahs mum said:


dv said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/jfk-airport-live-finches-hair-rollers-smuggled

Customs officials at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers.

Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on Saturday had the songbirds in a duffel bag.

The New York Times reports officials believe the birds were brought to the US to participate in singing contests. Customs officials say people bet on how many times the finches chirp, and a winning male finch can sell for up to $10,000.

The birds were turned over to veterinarians to the US agriculture department, and the passenger was sent back to Guyana.

US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

Customs officers have seized about 184 finches this year.

what

couldn’t they bet on flies crawling up a wall instead?

Or, I dunno … any fucking thing that you can bet on legally now. The birthweight of a princess, the number of dot balls in the 31st over of the Chandaghar derby match …

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Date: 15/12/2018 01:34:22
From: kii
ID: 1316685
Subject: re: finch pinching

Around here they steal your pets to use in illegal dog fights. So they can bet.

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Date: 15/12/2018 01:36:11
From: dv
ID: 1316686
Subject: re: finch pinching

kii said:


Around here they steal your pets to use in illegal dog fights. So they can bet.

some sick fucks out there

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Date: 15/12/2018 01:45:22
From: sarahs mum
ID: 1316687
Subject: re: finch pinching

dv said:


sarahs mum said:

dv said:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/13/jfk-airport-live-finches-hair-rollers-smuggled

Customs officials at New York’s John F Kennedy international airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers.

Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on Saturday had the songbirds in a duffel bag.

The New York Times reports officials believe the birds were brought to the US to participate in singing contests. Customs officials say people bet on how many times the finches chirp, and a winning male finch can sell for up to $10,000.

The birds were turned over to veterinarians to the US agriculture department, and the passenger was sent back to Guyana.

US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

Customs officers have seized about 184 finches this year.

what

couldn’t they bet on flies crawling up a wall instead?

Or, I dunno … any fucking thing that you can bet on legally now. The birthweight of a princess, the number of dot balls in the 31st over of the Chandaghar derby match …

(my mother used to lament that one of my brother’s would bet on two flies crawling up a wall.) (I see your point on fucking things you can bet on legally already without pinching finches.)

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Date: 15/12/2018 06:13:44
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1316693
Subject: re: finch pinching

>> US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

> what

I agree. Totally fucking ridiculous.

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Date: 15/12/2018 07:49:37
From: Divine Angel
ID: 1316696
Subject: re: finch pinching

kii said:


Around here they steal your pets to use in illegal dog fights. So they can bet.

Same here. There have been a lot of dogs stolen from backyards recently. Also dog baiting is rampant: people throwing poisoned dog treats over the fence.

Wtf is wrong with people?

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Date: 15/12/2018 08:28:00
From: roughbarked
ID: 1316697
Subject: re: finch pinching

Divine Angel said:


kii said:

Around here they steal your pets to use in illegal dog fights. So they can bet.

Same here. There have been a lot of dogs stolen from backyards recently. Also dog baiting is rampant: people throwing poisoned dog treats over the fence.

Wtf is wrong with people?

i think there must be more than one species and the problem is we are all mixed together living in the same space rather than different planets.

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Date: 15/12/2018 09:07:06
From: captain_spalding
ID: 1316705
Subject: re: finch pinching

mollwollfumble said:


>> US Customs and Border Protection says bird smuggling could threaten agriculture through the possible spread of diseases such as bird flu.

> what

I agree. Totally fucking ridiculous.

It’s just an excuse. It’s really part of ‘Trump’s wall’. Don’t want them fhurrin birds comin’ in here, stealin’ jobs from good hard-workin’ ‘Merican birds.

Really, betting money on birds chirping? I mean, i’ve been starved for entertainment in my time, but sitting around counting bird chirps…

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Date: 15/12/2018 09:57:31
From: party_pants
ID: 1316711
Subject: re: finch pinching

sarahs mum said:

couldn’t they bet on flies crawling up a wall instead?

Somebody would decide that some exotic species of fly was better at wall climbing that the lazy local varieties so they’d start illegally importing flies.

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Date: 15/12/2018 10:04:24
From: captain_spalding
ID: 1316712
Subject: re: finch pinching

‘Facebook glitch could have exposed private photos of 6.8 million users’ – ABC News

Why does anybody even bother with FB anymore? It’s not question of ‘will my ‘personal stuff’ be compromised?’, it’s a question ‘how soon until…?’

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Date: 15/12/2018 10:04:57
From: captain_spalding
ID: 1316713
Subject: re: finch pinching

captain_spalding said:


‘Facebook glitch could have exposed private photos of 6.8 million users’ – ABC News

Why does anybody even bother with FB anymore? It’s not question of ‘will my ‘personal stuff’ be compromised?’, it’s a question ‘how soon until…?’

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Date: 15/12/2018 10:57:43
From: SCIENCE
ID: 1316732
Subject: re: finch pinching

why not bet on betting, i hear that’s how financial markets are run these days anyway

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