2 Men Convicted of Selling Hides of Endangered Cats
<i> Associated Press</i>
TUCSON —
Two men face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after being convicted of selling the hides of endangered wildcats.
Timm J. Haas and John L. Klump were convicted Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors said Klump and Haas sold a mounted jaguar, a mounted ocelot, a jaguar rug and an ocelot hide for $13,000 to undercover officers in 1993.
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