Ant smugglers sentenced
by editors@theworld.org (Aaron Schachter) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6X4MY)
Four men were sentenced today for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of Kenya. Their punishment is a fine of $7,700 or a year in jail. Why would anyone risk smuggling that many ants? As The World's Host Carolyn Beeler explains, there are a lot of ant lovers out there - who both find the insects incredibly cute and amazingly resourceful - and who will pay big bucks for exotic ants they can't get at home.