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Psychiatrist Arrested for Trafficking in Gall Bladders

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So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

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The Cutting Edge: Bird Feeder Patents

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The ‘707 patent bears the uninspired title “Bird Feeder,” and it issued in July 2001. Department of Commerce Building , Washington, D.C. A video of the SquirrelBuster Legacy in action is here and it may provide helpful context for the discussion that follows. Patent lawyers refer to patents by the last three numbers, so Patent No.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!) Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G. Viti Levu Giant Pigeon ( Natunaornis gigoura ).

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From Today's New York Times

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He can do so in one of two ways: either by heeding the advice of scientists calling for the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; or, at the very least, by delaying the lease sale while the complexities of the proposed listing are sorted out.