Edwin Rist, a 22-year-old from the United States, stole 299 bird skins from the Natural History Museum at Tring (in England) in 2009 and had been sentenced to a 12-month suspended sentence has now been ordered to pay a fine of £125,150, which is the amount that he had made from the sale of the skins. Failure to pay the fine will result in him serving the 12-month sentence in prison. More information here.
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Good. I know not all birders appreciate bird collections in museums, but they are extraordinarily important for certain types of research.
Not good, Duncan: not harsh enough.