Birds
New York farmer nailed for poisoning raptors
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He was charged with lacing sheep carcasses with poison that killed scavenging eagles and hawks.
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He was charged with lacing sheep carcasses with poison that killed scavenging eagles and hawks.
He admitted improper demolition leading to the release of the hazardous air pollutant linked to respiratory diseases and cancer.
The case started in 2012 when a horse owned by David Esslin, then a member of the Michigan Horse Pulling Association, tested positive for an illegal substance. He was fined and suspended from the association.
It’s the state’s largest tax fraud case.
Highland Copper’s exploratory drilling in the Upper Peninsula has angered many Michiganders.
After getting caught during a long-term investigation, a man from Columbus, Ohio, plead guilty to conspiring to participate in a dogfighting ring.
Officials obtained a court order and removed 11 animals from Kenneth Hetrick’s property.
The study found that as many as 78 percent of Milwaukee streams have toxic levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, also known as PAHs.
The U.S. Forest Service busts a 70-year-old Minnesota man for stealing thousands of black spruce tree tops from the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota and selling them for Christmas decorations. Edminster — whose birthday coincidentally falls on Christmas Day — pleaded guilty to stealing federal government property and faces sentencing by U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina Wright later this year.
Heritage Sustainable Energy’s missing paperwork gave Schoolcraft County a reason to reject a new wind farm.