Video Shows Border Patrol Agent Rescuing a Deer Stuck in a Fence
A Border Patrol agent rescued a young deer that was stuck in a metal fence at a ranch in rural south Texas.
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Border Patrol Agents Make Unusual Rescue of Endangered Sea Turtle
Saving lives is nothing new to Border Patrol agents.
Legalizing Medical Pot in Utah Would Make Bunnies Go Crazy, DEA Agent Insists
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The DEA has proposed numerous reasons to oppose medical marijuana – health effects, lack of motivation, dependency. But the latest reason given by a DEA agent may be the most memorable. Speaking to a Utah Senate panel about a bill that would allow certain patients to consume edible cannabis, Special Agent Matt…
Environmentalists Concerned About Growth of Border Patrol
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Add environmentalists to the groups of people opposing the growth of the Border Patrol. The inundation of 20,000 agents could irrevocably damage the Southern Arizona’s deserts and wildlife, according to the Siera Club Borderlands, which has a Tucson office. Border Patrol is not subject to environmental laws along the international border, creating…
It’s Off to Prison for Smuggler of Lizards
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s not the crime of the century. Nonetheless, it’s prison time for Michael Plank, 42, of Lomita, Calif., who was sentenced Wednesday in Los Angeles federal court to 15 months behind bars for smuggling 15 lizards from Australia into the United States. Essentially, he got one month in prison for every…