RE: plant smuggling
Michael.Chamberland (23274MJC@MSU.EDU)
Fri, 14 Apr 95 21:53 EDT
> While understanding that laws have been broken and certainly not condoning
> the actions of the over-zealous collectors, I find it ironic that in my
> State, a man involved in the murder of a British Tourist was given 50 hours
> of community service. Contrast this with a possible two year jail term for
> smuggling plants that are being wiped out by massive habitat destruction
> (fires, logging, development).
Yes, but which species is rarer, the plants or the tourists? :-)
The 50 hour community service sentence for murder sounds unusual, and
certainly can't be the norm.