By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A hunter’s plans to send a dead cougar home in his luggage on an airplane from Las Vegas hit a snag.
A TSA agent found the carcass just before 10 p.m. Monday at McCarran International Airport, the Associated Press reports.
Agents held the man at the airport until they could confirm that a Utah State Fish and Game tag on the cougar was legitimate.
The man, whose identity has not been released, shipped the cougar home, but not on the airplane. TSA officials declined to say where the courage was headed.
Airport spokeswoman Melissa Nunnery said it’s not a crime to transport legally possessed carcasses, but she added that airlines have the authority to transport certain items.
