The US Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing its rules about ivory imports after two teenage bagpipers from New Hampshire had their instruments seized at the Canadian border.
The discord started when Campbell Webster and Eryk Bean were driving back from Canada after a competition that served as a tune-up for the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow.
Because they crossed at Highgate Springs, Vermont - a "non-designated" crossing, they needed extra permits and inspection fees totalling $576. They did not have the paperwork and the pipes were confiscated. The boys eventually got their instruments back.