A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

These caged birds won’t sing! A Connecticut man faces 20 years behind bars for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of live finches through John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday to compete in ...

A man who smuggled nearly three dozen little birds stuffed in hair rollers hidden around his body at JFK Airport on Monday has been arrested and charged, officials said. Thirty-five live finches were ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A man attempting to smuggle a flock of ...

New York police say that Victor Benjamin and Insaf Ali flew from Guyana to the John F. Kennedy International Airport — and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers so they could put them ...

The male chestnut-bellied seed finches are judged on how fast, and how long, they sing when held beside each other in cages, stimulating their instinct to establish dominance. The male ...

In 2018, police said two men flew from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers to put them in a bird-singing competition ...