Chicago Area Meat Market Fined; Owner Sentenced to Six Months in Prison For Roles in Illegal Buying and Selling of Meat From a Federally Protected Leopard and Tigers

Richard Czimer, owner of a suburban Chicago exotic meat market was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Chicago to serve six months in federal prison, pay a $5,000 fine and perform 300 hours of community service for his role in a Midwest exotic animal trafficking operation that illegally bought and sold the hides, parts and meat of federally protected tigers and leopards. Czimer is the sole proprietor of Czimer