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Art Basel taxidermist sentenced to 2 yrs for smuggling wildlife

Ellen Wallace — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:38:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – A taxidermist who used smuggled animal parts from orangutangs, king cobras and other endangered species including several birds, then sold some of the artwork he created, for up to $80,000 at Art Basel, was sentenced Friday 2 March to two years in prison, in Florida, USA. The federal court judge also ordered [...]

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Sting taken out of wildlife smuggler’s market binge

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:10:35 +0000

GenevaLunch.com A regular airport scan spotted animals in a man’s suitcases, but the sheer size and variety of the smuggled wildlife were a daunting haul by any standards. The live creatures the Indonesian was caught with at Thailand’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport as he was boarding an Air Asia flight home came from the local Bangkok market, [...]

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Italy’s Po runs black after attack

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:54:44 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Milan, Italy (GenevaLunch) – Urgent cleanup work is underway on the Po, Italy’s longest river and a major tributary that is important to industry and agriculture, after a massive amount of fuel and heating oil spilled into it, near Milan. Police are saying a “criminal act” lies behind the spill, with eight storage tanks tampered [...]

Vaud and Schumacher agree to small dock, shoreline protection group opposed

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:41:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Gland, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Formula 1′s former champion Michael Schumacher, had grandiose ideas about the dock he wants to install at his new lakefront estate on the shores of Lake Geneva in Gland, according to the Tribune de Geneve, quoting Michel Cosendai of the Vaud cantonal water service. The final solution, posted for public [...]

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