Five Alaska Native men from the Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell have been charged with poaching walruses in the Bering Sea.
Federal law allows Natives to sell walrus parts but the animal must be used for cultural purposes or for meat. The men are accused of killing walruses just to take the tusks.
The men have all pleaded not guilty to various charges, including transporting walrus parts.
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Five charged in walrus poaching
(AP 8/10)
Alaska Native men charged with poaching walrus
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
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