A man pleaded guilty after selling body parts of exotic animals, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said.
A man pleaded guilty after selling body parts of exotic animals, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said.Authorities say Usher Weiss, 26, violated environmental conservation laws and was fined $5,000.The District Attorney said that on Nov. 2 around 8:15 p.m., an undercover officer for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation met Weiss at a building on 49th Street in Borough Park. The officer gave Weiss $900 for a cougar head mount in the basement of the building.
, the undercover officer met Weiss at a different building on 53rd Street in Borough Park. Weiss handed the officer a cheetah head mount, the skull of a big cat, the skin of a pinniped pup, and a bird mount.Weiss had several other exotic animal parts, including a full alligator taxidermy, a tiger skin, a cheetah skin, and an elephant's foot.
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