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Illegal national park hunters catch heavy fines in court
Two men hunting illegally in Yanga National Park have been fined a total of $4500 in the Hay Local Court.
The pair, Travis Clare and Dylan Thomas, claimed to have been helping to reduce the feral pig population in the area but this was rejected by the magistrate who fined Clare $2500 and Thomas $2000 on 5 July.
They were also warned that a repeat offence would lead to the seizure of their vehicle.
The court was told that in December last year, NPWS rangers were alerted to a ute with pig dogs and a pig carcass on board heading into Yanga National Park.
PORTLAND â A Pendleton man is the latest offender to receive a federal court sentence for poaching bull trout.
Tyler Glenn Chance Warren, 31, is serving three years of federal probation and a three-year fishing ban after illegally taking bull trout from the Metolius River in the Deschutes National Forest.
The U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the District of Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, announced Warrenâs sentencing in a press release, which also includes a $1,000 fine and 40 hours of community service.
Warren is the fourth Oregon resident convicted in federal court for illegally taking bull trout from area waters since Operation No Bull, a coordinated anti-poaching law enforcement operation, launched in 2017. The operation has resulted in criminal charges, civil penalties or citations for more 30 bull trout poachers in federal, state and tribal courts.
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Three men caught at airport smuggling dozens of birds hidden in hair rollers, agents say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Finches discovered in a passenger s bag at JFK International Airport
and last updated 2021-04-29 22:17:46-04
When more than three dozen finches were found hidden in hair rollers inside a manâs baggage at JFK International Airport recently, Customs and Border Protection agents had a case of deja-vu.
On April 17, a
36-year-old traveling from Guyana had 40 live finches individually placed in hair rollers inside his bag. The man was fined $300 and determined to be âinadmissibleâ to the U.S. and placed on a flight back home later that day.
Budgie smuggler! Passenger is arrested at JFK airport for smuggling 35 live finches inside hair curlers in his jacket and pants so the birds could compete in SINGING CONTESTS
Kevin Andre McKenzie, 36, was caught after an investigation by special agents with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
He was released on a $25,000 bond Tuesday and was seen leaving federal court in Brooklyn wearing the same clothes he wore at the airport
Photos from the complaint show the birds inside of hair curlers strapped to his legs and inside his jacket
The finches are believed to have been smuggled into the country to compete in singing contests held in parks in New York City