Waldrop “preserved” birds stuffed & mounted BROOKLYN, New York–– Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Rachel Kovner on April 9, 2025 fined orthopedic surgeon John Waldrop, 76, of Cataula, Georgia, $900,000 for conspiracy to smuggle wildlife and Endangered Species Act violations. Kovner also ordered Waldrop, who pleaded guilty to the charges in August 2024, to serve three […]
Bad eggs including pigeon shooter busted for raiding rare birds’ nests
Crows raid nests & sometimes kill pigeons too, but for food, & only one at a time HOBART, Tasmania––Oology, or “egging,” the largely forgotten and now often illegal Victorian practice of collecting wild birds’ eggs, appears to have resurfaced in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, a little less than a year after a similar case brought criminal […]
Accused Georgia bird trafficker allegedly holds “live pigeon shoot” in yard
Surgeon allegedly massacres birds both before & after they hatch CATAULA, Georgia––Orthopedic surgeon John Waldrop, 74, arraigned on October 16, 2023 for trafficking the eggs of endangered and threatened birds, is allegedly at this writing hosting a a “massive live pigeon shoot” at his home in Cataula, Georgia, according to Animal Wellness Action and […]