Hollywood stars gets tough on canine contraband

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have provided Australia with a new, soon-to-go-viral biosecurity ad. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORpBAIB9j64

Filmed for the Australian Department of Agriculture, Depp and Heard apologise for bringing their dogs Pistol and Boo into the country last year and failing to declare them.

The pair apparently agreed to the video after Magistrate Bernadette Callaghan ruled that a conviction was not necessary but that a video apology to all Australians for putting the country’s biosecurity at risk would prove more useful than any punishment she could order.

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