keel-billed toucans

Over a dozen keel-billed toucans smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border have been rehabilitated at the Bronx Zoo.

Two defendants were involved in smuggling exotic birds at the border, with one hiding 14 sedated keel-billed toucans in his Volkswagen Passat and another concealing 17 birds under a car seat while using chickens as decoys. The cases highlight the illegal trade of exotic animals and the methods used to evade detection.