[PCA] NEWS: Cactus cops struggling to keep up with saguaro thefts

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Dec 3 15:59:24 CST 2007


http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1130cns-cactus30-ON.html

Cactus cops struggling to keep up with saguaro thefts

Jonathan J. Cooper
Cronkite News Service
Nov. 30, 2007 01:09 PM
ORACLE JUNCTION - It took decades for these three saguaros, now shriveled 
skeletons, to reach 7 feet tall. Thieves ripped the cactuses from the 
ground, probably hoping to sell them for use in landscaping, before a 
rancher forced them to leave empty-handed.

See the link above for the full article text.




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