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Man Busted for Bear Gall Bladders in Washington State

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This happened in my own State of Washington. We allow hunters to shoot bears, but not to sell their parts. Tags: seattle State of Washington gall bladders poaching bears asia. Note the Asia connection again.

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Washington Man Sentenced for Gall Bladder Trafficking

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This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Tags: wildlife trafficking State of Washington bears. I'm not sure the sentencing is strict enough to keep him from doing it again. I hope he serves out his whole sentence though.

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Bears and Bobwhites

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The Shenandoah National Park is sited on the eastern side of the southern Appalacian Mountains, just 75 miles from Washington DC. ps There’s bears! This section, in Virginia, is known as the Blue Ridge Mountains, I am sure we all know the song!

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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 Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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Here they are, listed in no particular order: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (New Mexico) Magee Marsh Wildlife Area/Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge (Ohio) Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge (Texas) Everglades National Park (Florida) Point Reyes National Seashore (California) Cape May National Wildlife Refuge (New Jersey) Santa Ana National (..)

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Top 25 National Wildlife Refuges for Birding

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Bear River MBR (Utah). Nisqually NWR (Washington). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Billy Frank Jr. Bombay Hook NWR (Delaware). Bosque del Apache NWR (New Mexico). Chinteague NWR (Virginia). Desert NWR (Nevada). Forsythe NWR (New Jersey).

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Shifting Baselines and Sneaky Jays

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A 1978 paper in SORA indicates that Blue Jays had gone from “few extralimital records” prior to 1972 to rare but regular across the mountain West and into California, Washington and Oregon, with 220 extralimital records in the wither of 76-77 alone. 1978, for reference, was the year of my birth.