museum 'poachers'

[James Kruse]

on 4/9/02 3:26 PM, Kathy Reinertsen at bfly4u at swbell.net wrote:

> Do Museums pay for rare specimens?

Occasionally. Most are EXTREMELY wary of public peddlers however.

> Do people make money collecting for Museums, ect.?

I don't know of any, but that doesn't mean there aren't.


Jim


James J. Kruse, Ph.D.
Curator of Entomology
University of Alaska Museum
907 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK, USA 99775-6960
tel 907.474.5579
fax 907.474.1987
http://www.uaf.edu/museum/ento



 
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