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Keep Bird Flu Out of the United States (poster text in HTML)

Note: This page is also available in Spanish: Contrabando de aves Mantenga la gripe aviar fuera de los Estados Unidos (texto del afiche en HTML)

It's illegal to smuggle birds—wild and domestic—and their products into the United States.

If you do, it will cost you:

  • Up to $250,000 fine and 5 years in prison for any individual.
  • Up to $500,000 fine and 5 years in prison for any business or organization.

Call 1-800-BE-ALERT to report bird smuggling or undeclared bird products brought into the United States.

For more information, please see http://www.avianflu.gov.


This information is also available as a color poster:

Content Source:
Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases


Page Last Reviewed: July 30, 2007
Page Last Modified: July 30, 2007
Page Created: July 30, 2007