A South Korean shopkeeper will face charges for smuggling thousands of arctic fox penises from China to sell as love charms, customs officials said. The 57-year-old tried to import 4900 penises through the port of Incheon west of Seoul, they said in a statement.
The body parts are from species of fox found in northern Europe, Russia and Alaska that are becoming very rare. South Korean law bans the import of body parts from rare wildlife species.
"We found out that some Buddhist shops and fortune-tellers are selling such parts out of superstition that amulets made of them will bring back husbands who have left their wives or help women find husbands," one official said.
"One piece sells at anywhere between 50,000 won ($48) and 500,000 won ($481)," he said.
2 comments:
I have a guess as to how they're becoming rare... Stellar day today, Kev. Great stuff all over the place!
Cheers!
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