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Psychiatrist Arrested for Trafficking in Gall Bladders

Critter News

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 complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

10,000 Birds

” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. The bird today is documented physically by only a single specimen (a second was lost), but where the specimens were collected — and therefore where this species actually lived before its extinction — is unknown.