60 year old Kenneth Dobis of Woodlyn, Pa has given a guilty plea for aiding and abetting the taking of a protected species from the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge. as well as pleaded guilty to trespassing on a wildlife refuge. He was given 3 years probation and fined $10,000. The charges stemmed from a 2 day investigation by wildlife officials in North Carolina who witnessed the man with his son carying pillow cases and snake hooks. Eventually the stopped them and they were found to be in possession of an Eastern Pigmy Rattlesnake, a protected species under North Carolina law
Category Archives: Laws
NC man charged for 43 dead snakes.
A North Carolina man has been charged with animal cruelty after 43 dead snakes were found in a home. Police say the discovery was made on Saturday and 3 of the snakes found were venomous, a Bush Viper and 2 Rattle Snakes. The rest of the snakes were Boas and Pythons. He was charged with 43 counts of animal cruelty and released after a written promise to appear n court because this was his first offense.
U.S. Customs seizes 60lbs of Iguana meat
United States Costumes seized 60 pounds of Iguana meat at the Texas/Mexico border on Sunday. Iguana is a delicacy in Central America and is though to be a cure for many illness. The meat has an estimated U.S. value of $1,560 and did not have the proper permits to legally be imported to the United States. The meat was seized under a violation of the Lacey Act and the woman transporting it was returned to Mexico. The case was turned over to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Medford man arrested for Turtle trading
A Medford man was arrested after a bad deal for taking part on the Turtle black market. Albert Roach apparently admitted that he broke federal law after receiving four North American wood turtles in 2008. As it turns out his supplier as an investigator with the Pennsylvania fish and boat commission. Because of a plea deal he is looking at 1 year probation and a total of $6,250 in fines, he also faces being banned from keeping and trading animals during his probation. Pennsylvania prohibits the possession of wild caught turtles. It is understandable that Mr Roach broke the law, there is no question about that but my question is should the state be using our tax dollars to entrap people when they are cutting so many public services? You decide.
Rescued Reptiles Get New Home in S.C.
Posted on
by
Posted in Conservation, Laws, Lizards, Reptiles, Snakes, Turtles, U.S. News
Leave a comment
Posted in Conservation, Laws, Lizards, Reptiles, Snakes, Turtles, U.S. News
Leave a comment
Check out this video from AP
Alligator found in Pa
On Monday just before 7pm police responded to a residents after receiving a call that a man had found an Alligator. When they arrived they found him holding the 3 foot lizard and quickly secured it with a dog harness. They transported it back to the station where it waited in a juvenile holding cell. An expert was contacted who is helping find the Alligator a new home. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bethlehem Police Department
Indonesian man arrested for selling body parts
A man from Indonesia was arrested for the online sale of body parts of protected animals including Tiger skin and Crocodile genitals. If convicted he faces up to ten years in jail and the believe he may be just a part of a larger group of dealers in wildlife parts. There are less than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild which some of the confiscated parts belonged to.