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Pets
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Sedated, injured, even dead: Exotic bird smuggling cases underscore a problem at the border

Two San Diego men were sentenced for smuggling endangered birds across the U.S.-Mexico border, highlighting a significant illegal wildlife trade issue.
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Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Border inspector finds protected birds in man's pants. Here's how he tried to explain it

A Tijuana resident smuggled two orange-fronted parakeets in his underwear and another smuggler hid 14 keel-billed toucans in a car dashboard.
fromIntelligencer
8 months ago

Frankenstein's Sheep

The way the federal agents swarmed Jack Schubarth's ranch in Montana on a late-spring day in 2021, it seemed they could have been taking down an anti-government militia. It was a dry morning when Schubarth, an 82-year-old whose family owns a small-town pet store, first heard the helicopter buzzing overhead. Then came around 60 federal agents and state officers, racing out of a fleet of black vans. They searched the property, found 15 guns, and piled them on Schubarth's bed.
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