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...Seattle heard that Antoine, who was linked to the deaths of 173 eagles, had paid other B.C. residents $20 to $50 apiece to shoot the birds, which he then butchered and smuggled the parts across the border. There, he could sell wing feathers for as much as $150 and tail feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Eagles Die | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...current investigation, the public has supplied more than 90 tips to conservation officers in both countries, officials say. So far about 50 dead birds with tail and wing feathers and talons removed have been found dumped in wooded areas near the traditional territory of B.C.'s Squamish and Burrard Indian bands, north of Vancouver. Band officials vehemently reject suggestions that aboriginals are involved in the slaughter. "We all share equally the horror and shock and frustration," Squamish Nation council chair Bill Williams says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Eagles Die | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

...tires, the car never felt unstable. But here's the rub: it takes every ounce of restraint not to break the speed limit in this bull, yet the sound of the engine behind you is so overwhelming you may not notice the state trooper until he's on your tail. Your only hope: that he's content to hover and snap pictures with his cell-phone camera with the rest of the traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bull on Wheels | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

LEAVE SPOT ALONE Are extreme makeovers a form of animal cruelty? The mayor of West Hollywood, Calif., wants to ban tail docking, ear cropping and all other "noncurative" cosmetic pet surgeries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nixing Droopy Drawers | 2/22/2005 | See Source »

...feathered arc of a doctorbird's tail, the spicy tang of jerked pork, the gray serenity of Blue Mountain mist. These are images and sensations from a particular place, a certain spot in the Caribbean that has been called "the Land of Wood and Water" by some and "The Land of Look Behind" by others. Columbus deemed it "the fairest island that eyes have beheld" and listed it as Yamaye in a log entry in 1493. The Indians who were the first inhabitants called it Xaymaica and other variations; Spanish invaders called the place "Santiago" but after the British took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Bob Marley | 2/4/2005 | See Source »

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