Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Illegal Exotic Animal Parts

Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Illegal Exotic Animal Parts

A recent case in Brooklyn sheds light on the disturbing illegal trade in exotic animal parts. Usher Weiss, a 26-year-old resident, pleaded guilty after being caught selling items including a mounted cougar head and other prohibited wildlife products to an undercover officer from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The undercover operation […]

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Grizzlies are returning to Washington’s North Cascades. How will that work?

Grizzlies are returning to Washington’s North Cascades. How will that work?

Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks. But these idyllic landscapes are missing one big thing that had helped sustain them over the millennia: grizzly bears. That will soon change after federal officials decided last month […]

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4 Dominicans are accused of smuggling wildlife and throwing 113 birds overboard to their deaths

4 Dominicans are accused of smuggling wildlife and throwing 113 birds overboard to their deaths

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico– Today a federal grand jury indicted four men from the Dominican Republic who attempted to smuggle hundreds of exotic birds into the Dominican Republic and were interdicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard. According to court documents, on or about May 3, 2024, defendants Frankluis Carela […]

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