March 2013:
Nine years after initially being charged with crimes where she faced up to 25 years in prison, Nancy Black, a licensed marine biologist, plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges for approaching and feeding orcas (killer whales) by using methods she learned from the very federal agencies prosecuting her on securing floating blubber torn from a feed in progress to keep it close enough tot he boat to film the feeding activity. Judging by the settlement terms, it appears one of the big issues was that she was exclusively funding her research by whale watching tours and selling her footage commercially, thus cutting into those doing the same thing to boost what they were getting from government grants to do exactly the same methods themselves.
Read more:
Harsh Laws: Another one in the net - The Economist
Marine biologist Nancy Black gets probation for feeding orcas - Monterey Herald
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