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Home decor retailers face legal risks with animal artifacts

THEY were the kind of browsers that no store wants: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents, armed with a search warrant and intent on seizing computers and questioning employees. The object of their inquiry: the skull of a small monkey, possibly an endangered species, that had been bought on EBay from a seller in Indonesia and sent to a high-end retailer on La Cienega Boulevard.

The investigation -- including one undercover agent dressed as a deliveryman and, later, another agent posing as a customer during a Valentine's Day raid -- might simply seem like an amusing tidbit of old news if it were not for the store in question: Blackman Cruz, widely regarded as one of the most prominent, trendsetting home décor retailers in Southern California.

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One Response to “Home decor retailers face legal risks with animal artifacts”

  1. I think that’s the right move to do.. We should learn to conserve endangered animals and species..

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