FELONY
â¢Steven Dario Quiriconi, 63, Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Unlawful Use of Weapon: sentenced to 45 months Oregon Dept. of Corrections (DOC), 15 months post-prison supervision, $500 fine and restitution to be determined; pleaded guilty to DUII (misdemeanor): sentenced to 60 days jail, $2,000 fine and 1 year driverâs license suspension; pleaded guilty to four counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person (misdemeanors): sentences to discharge; pleaded guilt to a second count of DUII (misdemeanor): sentenced to 90 days jail, $2,000 fine and 3 years driverâs license suspension.
â¢Curtis Wendell Bevan, 45, Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Theft I: sentenced to 13 months Oregon DOC, 1 year post-prison supervision and $200 fine.
â¢Clifford Eugene Bradley, 55, Boardman, pleaded guilty to Fleeing/Attempt to Elude Police: sentenced to 13 months Oregon DOC, 2 years post-prison supervision and $200 fine; pleaded guilty to Driving While Suspended/Revoked (misdemeanor
Published March 6, 2021, 4:58 PM
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Four suspected illegal wildlife traders, including two minors, were arrested Saturday in Barangay San Rafael, Guagua, this province for selling a monitor lizard (Varanus marmoratus), locally known as “bayawak.” The suspects were arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Guagua police.
Monitor Lizard (Photo via PNA / MANILA BULLETIN)
Police Lt. Julius Javier, chief of the Guagua Municipal Police Station, said their agents posed as buyers and using marked money, were able to buy one live bayawak for P1,000 from Raymond Sto. Domingo, 27, resident of Barangay Tokwing, and Marlon Dacani, 37, of Barangay Babo Sakan, both in Porac, this province, and two minors aged 15 and 17, residents of Barangay San Pedro, Sasmuan, also in this province.
Vulnerable wildlife across the nation will benefit from approximately $7.4 million in grants thanks to the Competitive State Wildlife Grant (C-SWG) Program. The program supports projects led by state and commonwealth fish and wildlife agencies protecting imperiled wildlife and their habitat.
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DARIEN, Conn, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Habitat loss, trophy hunting, poaching, climate change, mining and the bushmeat trade have placed giraffes in danger of extinction and they should be placed on the Endangered Species list, Friends of Animals said in comments filed with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Giraffes currently have no protection under U.S. law. In 2019, the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species listed giraffes on Appendix II, which regulates trade in the species but doesn t ban it.
FoA to FWS: Giraffes need ESA protections or face extinction
The species has declined nearly 40 percent to under 100,000 in the past three decades from 150,000.