-----Original Message----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: 8/29/06 10:04 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] RE: Polar Bear Capital
Don I'm still digging through it myself. I did find the mention of it protecting the inhabitants of the Antarctic...which usually covers body parts. Someone made that mistake here when they tried to say a dead whale wasn't protected and took a chunk to catch a shark. He was lucky in that the law was new so they gave him a break and clarified it for him. They also had definitive information that the whale was already dead when he took the meat. Now the shark he caught is also protected so he won't be making that mistake again. Just a thought... why don't you email the board for that website and ask them? I'm sure they can give you a very reliable answer. I'm pretty positive based on all the information I was able to obtain from reliable sources (the Boston Aquarium) and books that they are protected but finding the exact part of this treaty that covers them I just don't have enough time in the day for. The treaty is also mentioned in the Eyes on Nature book about Penguins that my kids have. The curious part is I don't think all penguins are found in the Antarctic??? But the book says ALL penguins are protected and I have never seen penguin feathers with any of
