Oxytropidoceras Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Vandalism makes paleontologists 'sick' Dinosaur bones stolen or destroyed by Rob Drinkwater, Canadian Press, July 28, 2012 http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Vandalism+makes+paleontologists+sick/7005065/story.html St. Louisans present when vandalized dinosaur skeleton discovered in Alberta by Jose Butler, July 27, 2012 https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/content/26015/dinosaur_fossil_071212_ Dinovandals strike again: Paleontologists decry destruction of dinosaur bones at northern Alberta site by Jake Edimiston National Post, July 25, 2012 http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/25/dinovandals-strike-again-paleontologists-decry-latest-destruction-at-northern-alberta-site/ Yours, Paul H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Outright, wanton vandalism of a jacketed and re-buried specimen awaiting extraction... Who would do that, and why? This was in a very remote area, and the site had been kept secret... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa dino Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I can't see why anyone would do anything that I can see the fossil ploice coming down hard on any collectors now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 These weren't collectors; I hope that the authorities can make the distinction! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drhemlock Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 i would suppose they might have been a rival of some type or disgruntled person on the extraction team which is not a good thing for sure. people are so strange at times as to thier motives you have to look for divine help most of the time. i would look for this to become more and more reported and happening more often as the economy worsens and people get desparet i think in the four corners area in us they had a bad stretch with looters might still have. doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I hope they are cought and go to jail. It is people like this that ruin things for the rest of us. It is a shame that someone would do such a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 terrible news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) People like this are why fossil collectors get viewed as thieves by science. Edited August 1, 2012 by Carcharodontosaurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kehbe Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 This leaves me speechless and sad It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. Charles Darwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaSam Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Well this just ruined my whole day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgrilusHunter Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Dregs of humanity in action. What a loss. "They ... savoured the strange warm glow of being much more ignorant than ordinary people, who were only ignorant of ordinary things." -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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