1 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: From Mediator's World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is 2 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,479 Speaker 1: Kel's we Can review with Ryan kel Kell in now 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 1: Here's kel And, Oklahoma man was recently stopped for expired 4 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: vehicle tags. During the routine stop, officers discovered that the 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: vehicle had been reported stolen, contained a live rattlesnake, a 6 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: felon in possession of a firearm, and an open bottle 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: of Kentucky Deluxe, which is a real common blended whiskey, 8 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: and last, but certainly not least, a canister of uranium. 9 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: The live timber rattlesnake would have been illegal, but the driver, 10 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: who again was in possession of the improperly licensed and 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: stolen vehicle, who was operating said vehicle with a suspended license, 12 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: had an open liquor bottle and a felon in possession 13 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: of a firearm writing shot, and did in fact have 14 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: a valid lifetime hunting and fishing license, which apparently covers 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: transport of live wildlife in Oklahoma. Just to stop and 16 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: clarify things briefly, I tracked down a representative of the 17 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: State of Oklahoma Department of Fish and Wildlife on this 18 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: last fact. If you have a hunting license, and it 19 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: is within the established rattlesnakes season, you can possess live 20 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: or dead rattlesnakes for consumption or even sail in the 21 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: state of Oklahoma. Additionally, I learned from my phone call 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: that due to three good seasons of rain, the bull 23 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: frog population is big and healthy and it's gigging season. 24 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: So if you're so inclined, go get some bull frogs 25 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: in Oklahoma. Now back to the incident in question, the 26 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: arresting officer said, quote, the uranium was the real wild 27 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 1: card here. This entire scenario is funny enough on its own, 28 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: but allow me to continue think on this. Us uranium 29 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: is an into just anyone on the market, but it 30 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: trades for only forty five dollars a pound, or two 31 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: dollars and cents and ounce. Kentucky Deluxe Bourbon whiskey will 32 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: set you back about thirteen bucks per one point seven 33 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: five liter bottle or two cents per ounce. A lifetime 34 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: hunting and fishing license in the state of Oklahoma seven 35 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy five dollars. That's called priorities. People, shame 36 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: on you for breaking the law, but thanks for supporting conservation. 37 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: This week, we've got why you shouldn't met with gators, 38 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: joy rides, more rabid cats, and so much more. But first, 39 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you about my week. I went out 40 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: and hit the river again. Ran into some folks at 41 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: the river access who thought that a fisherman should cater 42 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: to the fish, as in, you throw with the fish 43 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: really want to eat, which sounds, you know, very logical. I, 44 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,920 Speaker 1: on the other hand, often take the other approach of 45 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 1: telling the fish what I think they should eat. After all, 46 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: it's my time off. One of these fellas lie and said, yeah, 47 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: a trout has never been to the moon, why should 48 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 1: it tell us what to do? Just another anecdote for 49 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: you folks, courtesy a Cal's Weekend review. Needless to say, 50 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: it was a beautiful float with very few fish in 51 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: the boat. Next, I'm gonna knock out a listener email 52 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: you may or may not find interesting since I keep 53 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: talking about cats. A long time listener to the Meat 54 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: Eater Network wrote in This guy explained that he had 55 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,119 Speaker 1: come to a live Meat Eater event in Sacramento, California, 56 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: where he actually won in pre show trivia a stone 57 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: glacier backpack and a bench made knife, which sounds great. However, 58 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 1: at the time of the live podcast, this guy was 59 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: fighting what he thought was lymphoma, But after further blood 60 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: detective work by an infectious disease doctor, it turns out 61 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 1: our listener actually had Barton Ella hensel or cat scratch fever, 62 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: which led to a lot of ribbing by his buddies 63 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,559 Speaker 1: about that old catch scratch fever song and a bacterial 64 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: and action in his heart. He came in contact with 65 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: Barton Ella hensel via the rescue of a feral kitten, 66 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:11,440 Speaker 1: which was covered in fleas real bummer. But what I 67 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: find interesting in a coincidental sort of way, is that 68 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: this cat scratch fever victim won his backpack and knife 69 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:23,160 Speaker 1: at the show by answering correctly the trivia question name 70 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 1: six cats native to North America. You know a cat question, 71 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: Strange world out there kittens. The answer to that question 72 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: is Jaguar, Jaggarundy, Bobcat, Canada, Lynx, Owes Lot, and Mountain Lion. 73 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: If you were looking for a quick tidbit to impress 74 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: your friends, you can stop now, but I wouldn't because 75 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: we're just warming up now. We're gonna dig into some 76 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: quick hitters. Then I'm gonna talk about this thing called 77 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: the Recovering America's Wildlife Act for a bit specifically, why 78 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: you should get off your hind ends and call your 79 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: congressional representatives and support anyway. Jumping over to vani Ango County, 80 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: Pennsylvania and backed cats with rabies out on frozen tow Road, 81 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: a man was attempting to rescue what he thought was 82 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 1: a trapped domestic cat from under his deck. In order 83 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: to get that yowling critter freed, the man began removing 84 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: decking boards, when, to his surprise, the trapped animal leapt 85 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: onto his chest and in doing so, revealed itself as 86 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: not a domestic cat and a jam but a bobcat 87 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: with a face full of porcupine quills and wicked piste. 88 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: According to the responding game warden, the attempted freeing of 89 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: the trap bobcat resulted in scratches to the upper torso 90 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 1: and bites from the shoulder down to the elbow, and 91 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: the cat's voluntary returned to its spot under the deck. 92 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: The responding warden was not left with any other option 93 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: than to kill the bobcat. Upon testing the cat, it 94 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: was confirmed that the bobcat was in fact rabbid and 95 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: the homeowner was off to the hospital for treatment. Early 96 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 1: response to rabies is key, and treatment before sims appear 97 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: are almost always successful in preventing the typically fatal disease. 98 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 1: Cat attacks, rabies, porcupines, and game wardens make me compelled 99 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 1: to say something like, you know, good luck out there 100 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: on frozen tow road. Speaking of luck in this case bad. 101 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: A twenty one year old British Columbia man died recently 102 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: from rabies. The young man was outside recreating on Vancouver 103 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: Island when a bat flying during the day randomly bumped 104 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: into his hand. The incident apparently didn't seem like an 105 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,479 Speaker 1: incident at all. Nine species of bats live on Vancouver Island, 106 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 1: most of which are very small and have very small teeth. 107 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: There were no noticeable cuts on the man's hand. Contact 108 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: with the bat occurred in mid May, and raby symptoms 109 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: did not start showing until six weeks later. Raby symptoms 110 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: can be exhibited in many ways, weakness, increasing saliva, and 111 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 1: aversion to water, pain and nerve pain. The symptoms fall 112 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,520 Speaker 1: into two classes of rabies, dumb rabies and furious rabies. 113 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: Dumb rabies is characterized by a general loss of coordination 114 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: and paralysis. Coma and death can result within ten days 115 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: of the first sign of symptoms. The other form of 116 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: rabies is known as furious rabies. The infected may show 117 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 1: signs of aggression, lack of fear, excitability, and abnormal behavior. 118 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: The lesson to learn here is if you come into 119 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: contact with an animal that is exhibiting strange behavior, such 120 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: as a bat flying during daylight hours, get yourself in 121 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: for raby shots. The bite that you sustained may not 122 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: look like it will kill you, but the virus and 123 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: the saliva eventually will. Moving on to our Australia desk, 124 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: a group of kids, three boys and a girl ranging 125 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 1: from ten to fourteen, stole a parent's suv, loaded it 126 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: with fishing gear, left a note, and took off for adventure. 127 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: The gas station employee spotted the group as they refueled, 128 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: then took off without paying. Aside from the gas and 129 00:07:57,360 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 1: go technique, the fact that the driver was noticeable short 130 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: got the man's attention. Minimum driving age in Queensland is 131 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: seventeen and according to the gas station attendant, the driver 132 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: was shorter than the vehicle's window. The fishing trips started 133 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: in grace Mere Queensland and ended in Grafton, New South Wales, 134 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: a distance of about five eighty two miles. When the 135 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: authorities caught up to the kids, they apparently refused to 136 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 1: step out of the vehicle, forcing the cops to break 137 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: a window in order to apprehend the kids. No word 138 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: on how the phishing was or why in the hell 139 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: these kids folks can't spare the time to take them. 140 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: They've obviously got a bit of the fishing bug all right. 141 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: Time to get focused for the big ask the cow's 142 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: weekend review. Call to action or c t A as 143 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: we call it in the bills. Get your phones, keyboards, 144 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: writing instruments, envelopes and stamps at the ready. Right now, 145 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 1: we have a chance to help out America's wildlife by 146 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: making sure that our congressional representatives know that we truly 147 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: value America's wildlife. How do we do that in the 148 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,239 Speaker 1: short term. We do this by telling our duly elected 149 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:07,680 Speaker 1: to vote in favor of the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. 150 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: The Recovering America's Wildlife Act will provide funding for critical habitat, 151 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: wildlife and science based conservation plans in America. Right now, 152 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 1: we have twelve thousand animals and plant species of concern 153 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,479 Speaker 1: identified by individual state action plans in need of assistance. 154 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: The Recovering America's Wildlife Act will provide roughly one point 155 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: four billion in dedicated funding annually to the Wildlife Conservation 156 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: Restoration Program. The Wildlife Conservation Restoration Program provides funds in 157 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: the form of grants to state fish and wildlife agencies 158 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:48,839 Speaker 1: to restore, conserve, manage, and enhance wild birds, mammals, and habitat. 159 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 1: Think of this as humping extra cash into the wildlife 160 00:09:52,559 --> 00:09:56,439 Speaker 1: habitat and access piggy bank. Timing is critical and all 161 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: you have to do is call right and email your 162 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: damn congressman or woman. How critical is critical. One third 163 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: of our bird species, of freshwater fish species of amphibian species, 164 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:17,600 Speaker 1: thirty three percent of reptile species, sevent of butterflies, one 165 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: quarter of bumblebeest, one percent of bat species, and a 166 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: shipload of our freshwater muscles in North America need immediate help. 167 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: This crisis is so real. The Recovering America's Wildlife Act 168 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: is bipartisan, as in, folks representing all sorts of competing 169 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: interests are coming together and saying a collective holy crap. 170 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: America's wildlife needs our immediate help. Wildlife like the swift fox, 171 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:48,840 Speaker 1: sage grouse, ozark, cave fish, eastern hellbender, salamander's ornate, box turtles, 172 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: frosted elfin butterflies, yellow banded bumble bees or bombas terra 173 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,239 Speaker 1: cola hard to pass up a great scientific name. Hawaiian 174 00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: hoary bats and snuff box muscles need help now. North 175 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: American freshwater muscles, by the way, are seventy endangered or 176 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: extinct already. Freshwater muscles are the most endangered animal group 177 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: in the world. In addition to cleaning our waters and 178 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 1: being a high protein food source for lots of animals 179 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:20,120 Speaker 1: like otters, muskrats, and raccoons, they also have really fantastic 180 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: names like orange foot, pimple back, purple bean, higgins eye, 181 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: pearly muscle, pink mucket, and the aforementioned snuff box. I 182 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: bring up that last point because it's probably harder to 183 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: ignore to death something with a great sounding name. Current 184 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: levels of funding are less than five percent of what 185 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: is needed to help these species out. The passing of 186 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: the Recovering America's Wildlife Act or HR three seven four 187 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: two will provide much needed help one point four billion 188 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: annually and dedicated funding point five million annually to fund 189 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:59,440 Speaker 1: conservation on more than a hundred and forty million acres 190 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,439 Speaker 1: of tribal land. The best part is this funding will 191 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: go to proactive measures that will keep these creators off 192 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: of the endangered species list. By following through with congressionally 193 00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: mandated state wildlife action plans the states, the boots on 194 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: the ground will be able to use federal funds to protect, preserve, restore, 195 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 1: and generally get healthy the wildlife they already manage. This 196 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: is an incredible opportunity for all of us who like 197 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 1: clean air and water, folks who spend tons of time outside, 198 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: and folks who don't get proactive. Get off your butts 199 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,239 Speaker 1: and make sure your congressional representatives know that you, the constituent, 200 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: the voter, and the taxpayer, demand the passing of Hr. 201 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: Three seven four two, known as the Recovering America's Wildlife Act. 202 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:54,079 Speaker 1: If you don't know your congressional representative, go to www 203 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,079 Speaker 1: Dot House dot gov, type in your zip code and 204 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:00,720 Speaker 1: find out be a part of the pro cess. This 205 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 1: is your job, your end of the bargain. If you 206 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: can't be hassled, you can't bitch. I promise you if 207 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: we let these animals die, the digital replacements of these 208 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: critters will not be nearly as fulfilling to watch or 209 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: listen to. They won't filter our water or help clean 210 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: the air we breathe, and they most certainly will not 211 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: be anywhere near as tasty. Moving on to the fisheries deaths, 212 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: fish fraud has been around forever, I imagine. Fish fraud 213 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: is typically when a low price fish is substituted for 214 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: a high dollar fish, with the consumer obviously paying the 215 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: high dollar amount back. In two thousand thirteen, Oceana, a 216 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: nonprofit group that focuses on oceans and fisheries, released a 217 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: seafood fraud study that included one thousand, two hundred fifteen 218 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 1: samples of fish from six d seventy four retail outlets 219 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 1: in twenty one states. That study found, through DNA testing 220 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: that thirty three percent of the twelve hundred plus samples 221 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: were mislabeled. In two thousand fifteen, a similar consumer study 222 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,200 Speaker 1: found that thirty eight percent of the iconic Maryland blue 223 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: crab cakes in the chest Peak Bay We're not in fact, 224 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: all Maryland blue crab big salmon fan are you. I 225 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: don't doubt it, but you may not know what salmon 226 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 1: you actually like. The most Oceania found forty eight percent 227 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: of salmon sampled were misrepresented in the same study in 228 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: two thousand fifteen. Now, to bring us up to current, 229 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: the most recent study released this year shows that seafood 230 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: fraud is still prevalent. Sea bass is a common example 231 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: of this type of fish fraud. In this most recent study, 232 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: sea bass was mislabeled fifty percent of the time, often 233 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: being substituted for telapia. That's a twelve dollar a pound 234 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: fish being substituted for a dollar a pound fish. That's 235 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: just the base example of fish fraud. You can imagine thinking, 236 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: if the customer loves the cheap fish at a high price, 237 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: what's the harm Outside of the dingdier pocket books. The 238 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: harm and fish fraud can come when a responsible shopper 239 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,560 Speaker 1: attempts to purchase a fish species that is currently sustainable, 240 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: but unknowingly ends up with the fish that isn't doing 241 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: well on the population level at all. A good example 242 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: of this type of fish fraud would be East coast 243 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:19,360 Speaker 1: halibt versus West coast halibt. These fish are damn near 244 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: indistinguishable and look and taste, but the Eastern halibit is 245 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: in trouble and well below sustainable levels. The third type 246 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 1: of fish fraud is masking a potential health risk. If 247 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: you're a big time fish eater, it's better to consume 248 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: faster growing and smaller fish that collect less mercury in 249 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: their systems. The health risk glies if you're looking for 250 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: a small, short lived fish with less mercury and given 251 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: long live fish that potentially have a lot more mercury 252 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: in their systems. If you're just the occasional fish eater, 253 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: this isn't much of a concern, but regardless, it's nice 254 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: to get what you pay for, So beware at the 255 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: fish counter or the restaurant and go ahead and buy 256 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: a fish license. If you use the license and actually 257 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 1: go fishing, you'll know exactly what you're eating. If not, 258 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: at least the cash you're spending is going to the resource. 259 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: And the last, but not least, don't meth with gators. 260 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: Law enforcement in Loretto, Tennessee issued a statement warning residents 261 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: to not flush drugs down the toilet. They issued this 262 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: statement not because it would likely be helpful during a 263 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: search and seizure type scenario, but because the drugs could 264 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: potentially create quote meth gators and hyped up ducks. The 265 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: warning came after Loretto police arrested a man while he 266 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: attempted to flush meth amphetamine down the toilet. This week's 267 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: drugs in the water warning from just one guy flushing 268 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: meth down the toilet followed by last week's spill of 269 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: forty five thousand barrels of Jim Beam Bourbon and Tennessee 270 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: waters certainly lets you know what the police in Bourbon 271 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,480 Speaker 1: Country take more seriously. That's all I got for you 272 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,440 Speaker 1: this week, and as a special treat, I'm not going 273 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: to tell you to be sure and subscribe. I will 274 00:17:04,080 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 1: absolutely not tell you to rate the podcast by hitting 275 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: that furthest right hand star. 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