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Sand Island Savagery

by Susan Sargent | October 22, 2014
Welcome to Sand Island. Today, more 40% of all double-crested cormorants in the West nest at East Sand Island, the only place on the Pacific Flyway where their population is growing.   PEER is trying to block a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan to shoot 20,000 double-crested cormorants at ...

Militarization of Wildlife Management

Wildlife management in the U.S. has increasingly centered on eradicating critters deemed troublesome.  At the apex of this mortality industrial complex is the ironically named Wildlife Services. It is an arm of USDA’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, where Wildlife Services ...

News Releases

by Susan Sargent | October 20, 2014
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Discovery If You Are a Witness

by Susan Sargent | September 26, 2014
In a situation where you have been retained or enlisted to serve as an expert witness, the other side will want to gather information that it will use to impeach your credibility should you testify. This information gathering is part of what is called the pre-trail discovery process and ...

Subpoenas in Civil Suits

If you are properly subpoenaed to testify as a witness or to produce documents in a civil case it is important to make a quick decision if you are going to comply or resist – as timelines affect the viability of your options. This is also the point where you need to consult or retain ...