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Irishman jailed 18 months for smuggling rhino horns

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    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    After the campaign to gain his freedom, will he be on the late late.


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    PantsBliz
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 148 ✭✭PantsBliz


    Rubberchikken wrote: »
    After the campaign to gain his freedom, will he be on the late late.
    Rathkeale Rovers v RTE FC


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    Hector Bellend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭Hector Bellend


    I should have got 18 years for trying to smuggle my massive horn into any country


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    McMurphy
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    Anyone that aides and abetted the slaughtering of an endangered species deserves to get the book thrown at them.

    No sympathy for him.


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    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    He wasn’t smuggling rhino horns.

    He was on his holidays, about to go to the cinema when he caught caught up in a peaceful protest by the rhinos. Those horns were just resting in his suitcase.


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    Hitman3000
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    I hope he is introduced to a horn from a different species during his incarceration.


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    Red_Wake
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    Don't think he's Islamic enough for his crimes to be overlooked in this country tbf.


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    biko
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    Toss him in the swamps


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    circadian
    Registered Users Posts: 6,940 ✭✭✭circadian


    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    I should have got 18 years for trying to smuggle my massive horn into any country

    Can't think of any countries that won't let you bring a trombone.


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    DanMurphy
    Registered Users Posts: 398 ✭✭DanMurphy


    'Man with Limerick links' as described by the Limerick Leader (he'd be described as a stalwart Limerick native if he'd actually WON something)
    Seems it was a small cup made from Rhino Horn.

    'I mean, 'tis only an aul Holy Grail... I found it under a holy stump back in the auld country boss!'

    Jeez, even an Egyptian Court would believe that yarn!

    When does the hunger strike start?


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    The_Valeyard
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    He wasn’t smuggling rhino horns.

    He was on his holidays, about to go to the cinema when he caught caught up in a peaceful protest by the rhinos. Those horns were just resting in his suitcase.

    Rhino ate his passport.


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    Mutant z
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    The rhino is an endangered species which needs all the protection it can get good to see the law being enforced.


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    branie2
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    throw away the key


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    badboyblast
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    Generators are a gateway to rhino horns, ban all sales of generators


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    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,188 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Don't people grind rhino horn and sort to... Ironically get the horn?


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Mutant z wrote: »
    The rhino is an endangered species which needs all the protection it can get good to see the law being enforced.
    Yes, The Rhino family are in genuine trouble.

    The Western Black Rhino has already been lost, declared extinct in 2011, poached out of existence .


    While the Eastern Black is on the crtically endangered list and expected to go in the next decade.


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    washman3
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    PantsBliz wrote: »
    Of the famous Rathkeale Rovers, Michael Hegarty has been wanted by the FBI for years.
    He's been sentenced to 18 months in a Florida prison for trafficking a rhino horn.

    Tom Humphries must be thanking his lucky stars he wasn't tried in Florida....


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    Effects
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    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    I should have got 18 years for trying to smuggle my massive horn into any country

    Why, are you a paedo or something?


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    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Hector Bellend wrote: »
    I should have got 18 years for trying to smuggle my massive horn into any country

    Gary Glitter wasn't so lucky.


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    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Ah the old Rathkeale Roovers at it again ...

    From: [url]
    https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/rathkeale-rovers-gang-members-jailed-over-multimillion-euro-rhino-horn-spree-34597780.html[/url]

     "The conspiracy spanned England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, references were made to France - the Cherbourg visit, Hong Kong and also the United States and Germany, also featured in the evidence the court heard over the three trials."

    Quite a bit of travelling there tbh ....


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    washman3
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    Has Martin Collins issued a statement yet.?


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    Synthol
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    Rick Shaw wrote: »
    Anyone that aides and abetted the slaughtering of an endangered species deserves to get the book thrown at them.

    No sympathy for him.

    And no sympathy for you for eating meat, but I guess it's ok to directly support the suffering and death of animals as long as they are not endangered.


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    baaba maal
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    Synthol wrote: »
    And no sympathy for you for eating meat, but I guess it's ok to directly support the suffering and death of animals as long as they are not endangered.

    That escalated quickly.


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    Hitman3000
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    Synthol wrote:
    And no sympathy for you for eating meat, but I guess it's ok to directly support the suffering and death of animals as long as they are not endangered.


    You use nothing derived from animals I take it?


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    BorneTobyWilde
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    He was caught red handed with a raging horn.


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    MadYaker
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    Good. They should have shoved one of them all the way up his arse.


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    Synthol
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 328 ✭✭Synthol


    Hitman3000 wrote: »
    You use nothing derived from animals I take it?


    Intentionally? No. If some piece of string is has a piece of wool then yes but that is not direct support of slaughter. When you eat meat you know that you are directly supporting the suffering and death of animals because animals need to be slaughtered to obtain meat, veganism is doing reasonable and easy to follow steps not some ridiculous impossible to follow principle.


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    Del.Monte
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    Synthol wrote: »
    Intentionally? No. If some piece of string is has a piece of wool then yes but that is not direct support of slaughter. When you eat meat you know that you are directly supporting the suffering and death of animals because animals need to be slaughtered to obtain meat, veganism is doing reasonable and easy to follow steps not some ridiculous impossible to follow principle.

    I think you're flogging a dead horse with that one. :D

    ****



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    Hitman3000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,596 ✭✭✭Hitman3000


    Synthol wrote:
    Intentionally? No. If some piece of string is has a piece of wool then yes but that is not direct support of slaughter. When you eat meat you know that you are directly supporting the suffering and death of animals because animals need to be slaughtered to obtain meat, veganism is doing reasonable and easy to follow steps not some ridiculous impossible to follow principle.


    Plastic bags, perfume cologne, tooth paste, confectionery, shampoo conditioner. Lot of stuff to give up if you wish avoid animal products . Probably even animal by products in the device you are using to post your comments with. Ah vegans if ever a group of people could do with a Big Mac and fries it's them.


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    tomwaterford
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    Synthol wrote: »
    Intentionally? No. If some piece of string is has a piece of wool then yes but that is not direct support of slaughter. When you eat meat you know that you are directly supporting the suffering and death of animals because animals need to be slaughtered to obtain meat, veganism is doing reasonable and easy to follow steps not some ridiculous impossible to follow principle.

    You don't have to kill sheep to get wool off them??



    But you are correct to point to the cruelty and wrongness of what happens at slaughtering plants :)


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