This was the FWS press release when they first made the arrests last May. Unfortunately, 
but predictably, the individuals who have been convicted have received ridiculously light 
sentences, prompting a push to make penalties for violations of the Migratory Bird Act 
stiffer.

Here's an update on the California cases:
http://cbs2.com/pets/Riverside.Los.Angeles.2.537492.html

A page from the Portland, OR Audubon Society about the Oregon cases:
http://www.audubonportland.org/conservation_advocacy/mbta/index_html

and a Feb 2008 commentary from Birder's World with photos of the raptor traps used by the 
pigeon breeders:
http://bwfov.typepad.com/birders_world_field_of_vi/2007/12/in-the-photo-ab.html

Mary LaMarca
Silver Spring, MD