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3 Charged for Selling Walrus Ivory & Polar Bear Hides in Lacey Violation

The Fish and Wildlife Service has announced three people have been sentenced for violations of the Lacey Act for illegally selling and transporting walrus ivory and polar bear hides between July 2010 and April 2011. The defendants purchased the parts…

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in Alaska and illegally sold and transported them to other states and countries. One defendant was sentenced to 108 months imprisonment, another to 42 months imprisonment, and the last defendant to three years of probation from hunting and other business related to wildlife.