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Lake Tahoe Bear Poached for Gall Bladder

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State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. Sounds like a crime of opportunity. Beware the disturbing photo.

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Are Thai Temple Tigers Drugged?

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recent report by wildlife organization, Care for the Wild (CWI).{accuses} accuses} the temple of illegally trafficking and mistreating the tigers, allegations that the temple emphatically denies.

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Witherspoon in Trouble for Python Purse

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And it's illegal for her to have it at least in the State of California. For some bizarre reason (hopefully just ignorance), Reese Witherspoon has pissed off animal rights activists by purchasing and carrying around a purse made out of python skin. Python skinning is horrible, brutal and repulsive. And she paid $4,000 for it.

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