EUGENE, Ore. — Authorities say they have issued a citation to an Oregon man who tried to board an airplane with bear paws in his luggage.
The Eugene Register-Guard reported Transportation Security Administration agents discovered the bear paws earlier this month in Hong-Shiou Chiou’s luggage at the Eugene Airport. He was cited for unlawful possession of game parts.
Chiou, who lives in Florence and was on his way to Taiwan, was also carrying a bottle containing bear gall, herbs and whiskey.
He told detectives the bear paws would be made into a necklace. He said the whiskey drink was medicinal.
A search warrant issued for his barn and home led police to find bear heads and bear hides. Bear hunting requires a hunting tag in Oregon, which the man could not produce.
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