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Washington Man Sentenced for Gall Bladder Trafficking

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Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife. Investigators say Page admitted buying 35 gall bladders in 2007 and 2008, including 17 from undercover officers. Page, 63, was sentenced Dec. 18 and was also fined $3,000.

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Trafficking Should be Crime Story, Not Wildlife Story

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Chances are you'll see a bizarre overemphasis on cocaine and how it grows and who sells it on street corners and little attention on major traffickers, their national and transnational syndicates, and the government regulators and prosecutors who failed to stop the trafficking. You will see no names beyond the lowest level traffickers.

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Animal Investigators (giveaway)

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Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species is an interesting read about the world’s first wildlife forensics lab. It has suspense and mystery, with undercover investigations, and innovative forensic techniques!

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Pangolins Saved from "Harvesting" by Trafficker

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After about three weeks of surveillance and investigations, the department’s Wildlife Crime Unit raided the house early Wednesday morning and found the smuggled pangolins along with 6.5 Tags: wildlife crime Traditional Chinese Medicine trafficking china malaysia. pounds of pangolin scales. "We

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

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Virginia Fox Smuggler Gets Six Months

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pleaded guilty in March to five counts of trafficking in wild animals. He was caught after a yearlong investigation by Virginia game officials that included the undercover purchases of 54 red foxes and 47 coyotes from Blevins. Tags: wildlife trafficking blood sport fox hunting us. Howard Glen Blevins, 68, of Asheville, N.C.,

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Bird Litigation: Eagle Tails and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) met Defendants Crooked Arm and Shane in Montana, as part of “Operation Hanging Rock,” an investigation into the unlawful sale of migratory bird feathers. Another investigation — Operation Silent Wilderness — also resulted in a number of MBTA prosecutions.

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