Online Poaching

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Illegal online sales of endangered animal and plant species are becoming problematic, as they are both lucrative and difficult to regulate. What do you think?

Jack Albert,
Livery Driver
"Tell me about it. Just last week, I purchased a majestic lowland gorilla off eBay, and the thing's turning out to be a real son of a bitch to take care of."

Crissy Gray,
Cosmetologist
"Most of those 'rare species' dealers are scams anyhow. My so-called 'panda' turned out to be a heavily spray-painted sheepdog."

James Mills,
Caterer
"First they crack down on mail-order brides, now this! Doesn't anyone understand how unbelievably lonely I am?"

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