On November 20, the Post Office stationed by Qingdao Customs District seized antlers of red deer, which is enlisted into Class II Protected Species by China, from within a postal parcel sent from Japan. Because the recipient had no relevant import license, the antlers were withheld by the Customs.

On that day, when examining the parcel declared as “toys” by X-ray machine, customs officers found its image unusual, and then unpacked the parcel to find seemingly red-deer antlers with one deer skull and two separate antlers.

As one of China’s Class II Protected Animals, red deer is a kind of large horse-like deer only smaller than moose, and a male red deer has antlers, each antler with 6-8 forks. This kind of endangered animals and their products must be imported upon the Import Licence issued by the state administration of endangered species import/export and in line with relevant customs regulations.

 Qingdao Customs seized antlers from an inbound parcel.

 Antlers Seized by Qingdao Customs