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Written by Laurel Neme
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Sunday, 03 May 2009 00:00 |
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Written by Laurel Neme
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Sunday, 03 May 2009 00:00 |
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 Northshire Books, Manchester Ctr, VT
4869 Main Street
Manchester Center, Vermont 05255
Web site
802-362-2200  I had a great time at Northshire Books in Manchester Center, Vermont. Here are a few photos from the event. Thanks to all who came! |
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Written by Laurel Neme
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Thursday, 02 April 2009 00:00 |
Feathers from protected bird are a coveted item in many parts of the world. While Animal Investigators details a case of feathered body costumes of Brazil’s Amazon Indians, feathered artifacts from Native Americans in the United States are equally as coveted. In March 2009, four men were arrested by federal fish and wildlife agents after an investigation into the killing and trafficking of parts of eagles and other protected birds. The men were from New Mexico and Washington state, and indicted in Oregon. They sold several items with eagle feathers, including two fans with feathers from juvenile golden eagles, to an undercover agent. Native Americans view eagles and other protected birds as sacred and use the feathers for religious purposes. Members of federally recognized tribes can get permits to possess eagle parts for religious purposes. However, they are prohibited from selling them.
For more information, see: http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-30/1238200157282980.xml&storylist=orlocal
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Written by Laurel Neme
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 00:00 |
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On March 27, 2009 the press reported that a South Korean woman living in LA illegally imported nearly a kilogram of bear bile via mail into the United States for traditional Chinese medicine. One kilo of bear bile has a street value of about $40,000, and is worth more than a kilo of cocaine. This case shows that the bear bile trafficking I describe in Animal Investigators remains a continuous problem. For more information, see: http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12012460 |
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Written by Laurel Neme
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Friday, 20 March 2009 00:00 |
On March 19, 2009, New York’s state Department of Environmental Conservation announced one of its largest and most extensive undercover operation into illegal wildlife trafficking that resulted in the arrest of 18 individuals on 14 felonies and 11 misdemeanors for poaching, smuggling and illegally selling protected reptiles and amphibians. The two-year undercover investigation, called “Operation Shellshock," uncovered a lucrative, international black market trade in New York’s native, protected wildlife that was conducted through the Internet and via herpetological shows. Over 2,400 individual turtles, snakes and salamanders were involved in the crimes, including New York's timber rattlesnakes and wood turtles shipped out of state and out of the country to support high-end collectors, thousands of snapping turtles laundered through a Louisiana turtle farm and shipped illegally to China, and poachers stealing turtle eggs as soon as they were laid. The number of species was extensive, including endangered Massasauga rattlesnakes, timber rattlesnakes, copperheads and eastern hognose snakes, snapping turtles, Blandings turtles, box turtles, North American wood turtles and two Yellow Spotted Amazon River turtles.
For more information, see: http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/52868.html |
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