![]() ![]() ![]() For those of us interested in the natural world and its preservation and study they are, of course, also saddening, frustrating and even sickening since they overwhelmingly centre around the plundering of items in the public trust for selfish personal or financial gain.Īmong the most unbelievable of such episodes is the 2009 event in which 21-year-old music student and obsessive feather collector Edwin Rist broke into the world-famous ornithological collections of the UK’s Natural History Museum and stole 299 bird specimens. Theft from museums is a global issue and some of the stories – involving bird eggs, rhino horns and dinosaur fossils – are amazing in their audacity, extravagance, and nerve. ![]() Surely, there have been all manner of occasions where people have tried – even succeeded – in stealing such things? Yes, there have indeed. You don’t have to be a zoologist or a technical expert of any sort to appreciate that the remains of animals kept in museums might be worth something. ![]()
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