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Psychiatrist Arrested for Trafficking in Gall Bladders

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In charging documents filed in King County Superior Court, prosecutors contend Dr. Tohru Shigemura made repeated trips to Washington to hunt bear, taking animals out of season and on tribal lands. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.

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Internet Exploits Cameroon's Primates

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Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Their ads claim that the primate comes with "veterinary health documents, a "permit" from CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and a year's health care guarantee.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guideā€“A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The guide covers 1,433 species, the number of birds documented at the end of 2014, the cutoff point for the book. These are species which have been seen one or two or three times, but the rare sightings were unsupported by documentation. Conclusion.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirdsā€“A Hummer Book Review

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I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. The latter is a feature that probably only a birder would love, and Jon Dunn tells us from the beginning that he is not a lister (the exception being his home in the Shetland Islands).

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped. These are interesting, even provocative worlds. But, it is the sections about Lendrum that crackle with the tension of truth that is weirder than fiction. And, it’s here where that story ends.

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Bird Litigation: Eagle Tails and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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FWS agents later served a search warrant on Crooked Armā€™s residence, where they found, among other things, a handwritten note documenting the agentsā€™ order for a bald eagle fan and a winter hawk fan. On the same day, FWS agents served a search warrant on Shaneā€™s fatherā€™s residence, where Shane lived.

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