i wonder if they have rugs made out of dog as well

hell, i'm not in the business, but i even know you can't bring ivory into this country (among other items)

2 charged in smuggling case Gallery owners had art made of protected animals, officials say
By Rudolph Bush Tribune staff reporter Published January 11, 2006
Glen Joffe and Claudia Ashleigh-Morgan's home and River North art gallery openly featured ivory carvings, colorful feather headdresses and artifacts from hairpins to hats that federal authorities charged Tuesday were brought into the U.S. illegally.Prosecutors allege that between 2001 and 2003, the Oak Brook couple smuggled in some $250,000 worth of artifacts made from the feathers, fur, shell and tusks of endangered and protected species.U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald said many of the objects were sold at Joffe's gallery, Primitive Art Works, which is also named in the indictment.After the couple returned from an April 2003 trip to China, a search of their luggage, home, gallery and warehouse yielded one of the largest seizures ever in the U.S. of such artifacts, prosecutors said.One pair of elephant tusks that stood more than 3 feet tall and featured carvings of soldiers with swords, fish, crocodiles and leaves was priced at $48,000, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Stephen Kubiatowski.Among the charges, prosecutors allege the couple falsified U.S. Customs Service forms, drafted false shipment manifests and lied to federal agents.The couple's attorneys, Jeremy Margolis and Thomas M. Durkin, said Joffe, 55, and Ashleigh-Morgan, 54, expect to plead guilty. "They did make a mistake. They feel badly about it, and they are going to make it right," Margolis said.Durkin said the items prosecutors seized made up only a fraction of the wares sold at their 16-year-old gallery, which will remain in business......