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Man Convicted of Illegally Trafficking Live Deer

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He was transporting them across state lines from Ohio to a hunting preserve in South Carolina. The deer still got screwed because they ended up at the hunting preserve, but any kind of sentence for wildlife trafficking must be enforced. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking ohio south carolina Lacey Act deer.

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Baby Tiger Victim of Wildlife Trade

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It was reported that two men were arrested for attempting to transport the baby tiger carcass - along with the bones of at least two tigers - and that the “case showed the possibility of larger-scale tiger trafficking in the country.” The baby tiger was between four and five months old.

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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. The animals were transported in the closed bed of a pickup truck, sometimes with two dozen or more animals crowded together. Tags: wildlife trafficking blood sport fox hunting us. Howard Glen Blevins, 68, of Asheville, N.C., A statement from U.S.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

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For example, Oprah (or Kristof) said: "At the peak of the transatlantic slave trade, 80,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the new world. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics animal rights Half the Sky human trafficking Nicholas Kristoff Oprah Sheryl WuDunn The Girl Effect The Nike Foundation veganism.

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