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