U.S. District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt sentenced Illinois resident Keith Cantore to 41 months incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release and $100 special assessment as well as $41,000 in restitution after he attempted to purchase 100 North American Wood Turtles for $40,000. “The poaching of Wood Turtles has had a significant […]
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Aug 13
Aug 13
Herp Photo of the Day: Skink
Gotta love the smile from this Monkey Tail Skink in our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user sreps ! Go out and find some beauty this weekend and share it with us! Be sure to tell sreps you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and […]
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Bitterns and cottonmouths
It was early morning (about 0715) and the temperature was just about 70 F. A least bittern — always an avian photographic nemesis for me — had just flown across the gravel road and landed in a patch of cattails about 30 feet ahead of me. I slowed, not that I was walking all that […]
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