Hawaii, Oregon, Maryland Men Indicted for Smuggling, Trafficking Wildlife Parts

Parts from orangutans, leopards, helmeted hornbills
and others sold over Internet auction site

Denis M. "Dusty" Gruver, a tribal artifacts dealer from Honolulu, Hawaii, and his brother, Jackson Muldoon, of McMinnville, Ore., were charged October 22 in U.S. District Court in Honolulu with 12 violations of federal wildlife laws, including conspiracy, for their roles in the smuggling, transportation, and interstate sale of skulls, teeth and other body parts of rare primates, bears, big cats and exotic birds protected under the Endangered Species Act.

A third man, Robert Weisblut, of Maryland was charged on September 19 with four misdemeanor counts of violating the Endangered Species Act in connection with the brothers