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| Oregon Man Pleads Guilty | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 3 2007, 05:54 AM (21 Views) | |
| Deleted User | Jul 3 2007, 05:54 AM Post #1 |
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Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Black Rhino Horn PORTLAND, Oregon, June 29, 2007 (ENS) - A Portland man has pleaded guilty to unlawfully selling shavings from the horn of a black rhinoceros, one of Africa's most endangered species. The shavings were sold for purported "medicinal" use at a Portland shop known as Far East Trading, in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Morteza Aleali, the owner of Far East Trading, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court before Judge James Redden. Sentencing is scheduled for September 4, 2007. A misdemeanor violation of the Endangered Species Act carries a sentence of up to one year in jail and a fine of up to $100,000. The defendant was released pending sentencing. The identification of black rhinoceros shavings resulted from genetics laboratory analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon. The sample was the first instance in which a product offered as rhino horn did in fact contain shavings from a black rhino, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says. All previously sampled medicinal products claiming to contain black rhinoceros instead contained substitutes such as bone from more common species. Before 1900, millions of black rhinos inhabited most of sub-Saharan Africa, but between 1970 and 1992, rhino populations declined 96 percent. Black rhinos went extinct in many range states, and by 1992, only 2,300 individuals survived in seven countries. Since then, intense law enforcement efforts have helped the population to recover to about 3,100 rhinos. http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2007/20...-09.asp#anchor6 |
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