Shop Owner Arrested After Allegedly Selling Polar Bear Skulls to Undercover Agent On 6/1/21 at 4:50 PM EDT A Canadian woman has been accused of selling and smuggling the skulls of endangered species across the U.S. border. According to a release from the Department of Justice, United States Attorney's Office, Western District of New York, 26-year-old Vanessa Rondeau of Quebec owns The Old Cavern Boutique, a shop in Montreal that specializes in the "a variety of unique curiosity and oddity items, many composed in whole or in part from wildlife." Rondeau was charged last week after allegedly attempting to cross the U.S. border while in possession of "numerous undeclared wildlife items," the