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Minus the Bear
|Minus the Bear
Performing at the 2008 Bonnaroo music festival
|Background information
|Seattle, Washington, USA
|Alternative rock, indie rock, math rock
|Years active
|Dangerbird, MapleMusic Recordings (Canada), Suicide Squeeze, Arena Rock, Polyvinyl, Big Scary Monsters, Luckyhorse, Tigre Blanco, Albert
|Associated acts
|Sharks Keep Moving, Botch, Kill Sadie, Circa Survive, Annuals, State Route 522, These Arms Are Snakes, Askeleton, The Forecast, Onalaska
|Jake Snider
Dave Knudson
Alex Rose
Cory Murchy
|Past members
|Matt Bayles
Erin Tate[1]
Minus the Bear is an American indie rock band from Seattle, Washington.[2] Founded in 2001, the group features current and former members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Their sound has been described as "Pele-esque guitar-taps and electronics with sophisticated time signature composition."[1][3]
Minus the Bear is an indie rock group which formed in Seattle, Washington, United States in 2001 and have released five albums and four EPs. The band consists of Jake Snider (vocals, guitar), Dave Knudson (guitar), Cory Murchy (bass), and Alex Rose (synths, vocals).
On January 2, 2006, Matt Bayles, keyboardist and producer for Minus the Bear, announced that he was leaving the band in order to focus all his time on his career as a producer. His last performance with the band was on January 28, 2006. Subsequently, he was replaced by Alex Rose, who previously worked as a sound engineer on the band's second full-length album, Menos el Oso.
Interpretaciones del Oso, an album of remixed songs from their second full-length album Menos el Oso, was released on February 20, 2007 through Suicide Squeeze Records.[4]
The band's third full-length album, titled Planet of Ice, was released on August 21, 2007 through Suicide Squeeze Records, and contains ten tracks. On top of an exclusive iTunes bonus track titled "Cat Calls & Ill Means," a bonus CD containing two b-sides, "Electric Rainbow" and "Patiently Waiting," a demo version of "Ice Monster," and a remix by P.O.S. of the album's first single, "Knights," was released with the album's first edition.
In 2008 the band recorded four tracks live on Daytrotter that were released for free with a membership to the website.[5] Later that year, the band also released their acoustic EP, titled Acoustics, which contained an unreleased track, "Guns & Ammo," and acoustic renditions of six previously released tracks.
On October 27, 2009, they released a two song single, Into The Mirror on various digital music outlets and sold exclusive 7" vinyl copies on tour.[6]
On February 17, 2010, Dangerbird Records announced that it had signed Minus the Bear and that it will distribute the group's next release.[7] A week later, it was announced that the album was titled Omni, and was scheduled to be released on May 4, 2010.[8]
On May 8, 2010, Minus the Bear was the first band ever to be featured on RadioVA and be interviewed by David Lowery.
On August 5, 2010 Minus the Bear opened for fellow Seattle natives Soundgarden, in their pre-Lollapalooza warm up show in Chicago, Illinois at the Vic Theatre.
On January 9, 2012, the band began recording their fifth full-length album with producer and former keyboard player, Matt Bayles. An announcement on their Facebook page on April 30, 2012 stated the new album was recorded and had been sent off for mastering.
On June 21, 2012, Dangerbird Records announced that their fifth full-length studio album, Infinity Overhead would be released August 28, 2012.[9]
On June 29, 2012, Minus The Bear announced the release of the first single from "Infinity Overhead" entitled "Lonely Gun" on rollingstone.com
On July 10, 2012, it was announced that Minus the Bear would be joining the Big Scary Monsters record label in the UK. "Infinity Overhead" to be released on BSM in September 2012.[10] On July 10, 2013, Minus the Bear announced that they would release "Acoustics II", a ten track LP featuring 8 acoustic versions of old songs and two new tracks. An acoustic version of Hooray was given to everyone who preordered the album.
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the "They Make Beer Commercials Like This" EP, the band played two small shows in the early part of 2014 on west-coast. In the summer of that year the band announced a new full-length compilation album entitled Lost Loves. The LP was released in both vinyl and CD form and contains music which did not seem to fit in a sequential order appropriate enough, at the time, to put on a full-length release. The tracks 'Invented Memory' and 'Lucky Ones' were the only tracks that were unavailable prior to the release of the compilation. The latter was made available prior to the release of the album through SoundCloud and on the band's official web page. The band toured in support of the new EP and continued the celebration of their 'Beer Commercials' LP in the second half of 2014.
On January 29, 2015 the band officially announced via its Facebook page, That drummer Erin Tate is no longer a member of the band. "It is with heavy hearts that we regret to inform you that due to personal and creative differences Minus the Bear and Erin Tate have decided to part ways," signed by Dave, Jake, Cory, and Alex. The band then talks about future tours, and continuing to work on the follow up album to Infinity Overhead.[11]
Band name[edit]
The name "Minus the Bear" comes from an in-joke among the band members, referring to the '70s television series B. J. and the Bear. "A friend of the band had gone on a date," explains singer-guitarist Jake Snider, "and one of us asked him afterwards how the date went. Our friend said, 'You know that TV show from the '70s, B.J. and the Bear? It was like that... minus the Bear.' That's the straight truth."[12]
Band members[edit]
- Current members
- Jake Snider – guitar, lead vocals (2001–present)
- Dave Knudson – guitar (2001–present)
- Cory Murchy – bass (2001–present)
- Alex Rose – keyboards, backing vocals (2006–present)
- Kiefer Matthias - drums (2015-present)
- Former members
- Matt Bayles – keyboards (2001–2006)
- Erin Tate – drums (2001–2015)
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|US Billboard
|Highly Refined Pirates
|Menos el Oso
|Planet of Ice
|Infinity Overhead
EPs & Others[edit]
|Other Information
|This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic
|Suicide Squeeze Records
|Debut release.
|Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them
|Suicide Squeeze Records
|Promotional CD for Highly Refined Pirates.
|They Make Beer Commercials Like This
|Arena Rock Recording Co.
|Re-released in 2008 on Suicide Squeeze Records with "Houston, We Have Uh-Oh."
|Minus The Bear/City On Film 7" Split
|Polyvinyl Record Co.
|Split EP featuring "This Ain't A Surfin' Movie (IQU Remix)."
|Tigre Blanco Records
|Acoustic EP featuring "Guns & Ammo" and acoustic versions of six previously released tracks.
|Into The Mirror
|Tigre Blanco Records
|Single from Omni with b-side, "Broken China."
|Hold Me Down
|Dangerbird Records
|Single from Omni with b-side, "Broken China," including three tracks recorded live at the Dangerbird Records studios and a fan-made remix of "My Time."
|Your Private Sky/South Side Life
|Dangerbird Records
|7" vinyl released for Record Store Day that includes two Omni b-sides, "Your Private Sky" and "South Side Life."
|Steel And Blood/Surf-N-Turf
|Big Scary Monsters
|Limited 7" vinyl released for the UK leg of their 2012 Infinity Overhead Tour. Each copy is hand numbered and has a die-cut carboard sleeve. Only 300 transparent red records were pressed.
|Acoustics II
|Dangerbird Records
|Acoustic LP featuring two new songs and acoustic versions of eight previously released tracks.
|Lost Loves
|Dangerbird Records
|Collection of rare and unreleased tracks.
Remix LPs[edit]
|Other Information
|Interpretaciones del Oso
|Suicide Squeeze Records
|Menos el Oso remixed.
Music videos[edit]
- "The Game Needed Me" from Menos el Oso.
- "Pachuca Sunrise" from Menos el Oso.
- "Knights" from Planet of Ice.
- "Throwin' Shapes" from Planet of Ice.
- "My Time" from Omni
- "Hold Me Down" from Omni
- "Steel and Blood" from Infinity Overhead
- "Listing" from Infinity Overhead
- ^ a b Facebook https://www.facebook.com/minusthebear/posts/10153135646584714. Retrieved 30 January 2015. Missing or empty
- ^ Ambrose, Anthony. "inTuneMusic Online: Minus the Bear / Tim Kasher / Twin Tigers @ NYC 12/4/2010". Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Minus the Bear". Suicide Squeeze Records. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ "MTB prep new album, remix CD out Feb. 20". Minus the Bear News Page. Archived from the original on January 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
- ^ "Torn Out Of The Scene, A Room Suddenly Cold, Hot And Empty". Daytrotter. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ "Minus the Bear, Into The Mirror (Exclusive)". FILTER. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
- ^ "Dangerbird Welcomes Minus the Bear". Dangerbird Records. February 17, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
- ^ "Minus the Bear Release Date". AbsolutePunk.net. February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
- ^ "Minus the Bear Infinity Overhead Coming August 28th on Dangerbird Records". June 21, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
- ^ http://bsmrocks.com/news.php?id=73
- ^ name="Official Facebook page"> https://www.facebook.com/minusthebear?fref=ts. Retrieved 2015-04-03. Missing or empty
- ^ "Minus the Bear". Spin Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ^ Billboard, Allmusic


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The election year spawned an abundance of memes, mostly clever junctures of image and text.
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Most victims of gun violence know the person on the other end of the weapon. But while mass shootings account for a fraction of all gun deaths, they are the storms of violence that terrify us.
They rage without precursor for us. They occur not in sinister places but happy ones.
We know there always have been sick minds that ventured down destructive paths. But why this? Why this unhinged passion to spray a room with bullets?
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As the year ends, pundits and politicians say this one, this first-grade bloodbath, is indeed different and merits a more serious discussion.
The year 2012 was the Year of the Gun. But we should consider ourselves out of excuses when it comes time to tag 2013.


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It means you can bend, flex, reach, stretch -- or golf, dance and walk -- easily, effortlessly and without hurting.
It means enjoying life without worrying about your hips, knees, hands or joints.
But that's not all. Here's another reason why Flexanol is what people have turned to for results they can feel...
Your knees, elbows, fingers moving freely with nature's "joint-comfort" agents
The second reason Flexanol works when other natural solutions fall short is that it brings together the best of every major joint supporting breakthrough in the past 30 years.
For instance, besides a better glucosamine and sea cucumber, Flexanol includes two more special nutrients to help keep your joints comfortable.
Imagine for a moment if you could keep moving easily on the dance floor. Crocheting a beautiful quilt with ease. Taking leisurely walks for hours without paying for it later. Or keeping items in your kitchen on a top shelf without worry.
It's all possible if your joints are properly nourished. The problem is, most people have joints that are starving for that nourishment. Let me explain.
Two nutrients lacking by most people with joint concerns
In order for you to keep enjoying healthy connective tissue and joint function -- and flexibility -- your body needs two critical nutrients: sulfur and Omega-3 fatty acids.
Sulfur is the third most abundant mineral in human tissue, it's critical to collagen synthesis, and sulfur is present in amino acids essential for cell division. What's more, it's a known fact that most people don't get enough of Omega-3 fatty acids in their diets.
The result? You have millions of people still living with stiff joints -- even if they're taking joint supplements or trying to eat right and exercise.
The good news is...
Flexanol gives your joints what they're yearning for
I'm happy to report Flexanol includes two astonishing joint-comfort agents that help give you all the sulfur and Omega-3 fatty acids you need to maintain healthy joints.
First, you get a potent, natural source of sulfur, MSM (Methy-sulfonyl--methane).
MSM is thought to work by supporting the vital cartilage that cushions and soothes your joints! And it turns out that merely getting enough sulfur to the right place may begin an amazing chain of events in the human body:
• MSM helps form healthy new cells...
• In vitro testing by the manufacturer suggested that MSM may reduce the breakdown of cartilage cells.
• MSM helps cushion and soothe your joints
Even better, once your joints are properly nourished with enough sulfur, your body's amazing natural abilities can take over as your body's natural joint health-boosters fire on all cylinders.
Second, you get a double shot of the Omega-3 fatty acid power you need for healthy joints with EPA and DHA.
These two forms of Omega-3 fatty acids are important for a healthy inflammatory response.
Keeping your joints flexible and strong is not a pipe dream.
We doctors have known about MSM and Omega-3 fatty acids for some time now. But since these two "joint-comfort" agents are found in Flexanol, you can enjoy joints that move and flex like they've just been "oiled" -- smooth, easy, and most important, comfortable.
Picture yourself doing all the things you love to do -- without limits.
Now that's living life to its fullest!
If that's not enough, Flexanol also get results because it helps...
Nature's secret weapons for healthy joints and a normal response to inflammation
You've seen how Flexanol can make your knees and joints move smooth as silk with our glucosamine.
And you've discovered how Flexanol helps keep your knees, elbows and fingers comfortable with nature's amazing "joint-comfort" agents.
But there's a third reason why Flexanol helps bring soothing comfort. It includes herbs used for thousands of years to support healthy joints and to promote a healthy inflammatory response.
That's right. Not only does Flexanol give you the most up-to-date joint health discoveries -- but combines those with what I believe to be the most powerful herbs from traditional natural healing.
And when you blend those two elements -- you get the one thing you want: Results you can feel!
Flexanol includes traditional herbals which help promote a healthy inflammatory response. These include...
The 1,500 year-old-secret for healthy comfortable joints
The first secret weapon for healthy joints is Boswellia Serrata. Used by natural Ayurvedic healers for more than 1,500 years, it may well support your healthy inflammatory response better than anything in nature.
Why? Because it successfully helps your joints respond by way of your immune system to the leukotriene cycle, an important physiological process that controls blood flow and inflammation.
In addition, in vitro studies show Boswellia helps your body better respond to inflammation by supporting its natural healthy response to the 5-Lipoxygenase (5-Lox) enzyme.
In one small study, 30 patients with knee stiffness took either Boswellia Serrata or a placebo for eight weeks. Then, after a break, they switched and took the opposite intervention.
The results were clear: All patients taking Boswellia Serrata reported an increase in comfort, increased knee flexibility and increased walking distance.
No wonder we doctors love Boswellia Serrata. It's the one herb that generally improves your quality of life
The time-honored secret that "roots" out stiffness
For thousands of years, natural healers from China, India and Greece have prized ginger root as one of the all-time great healing herbs.
Traditional natural doctors used ginger root for its remarkable ability to help soothe joints and support circulation, and now we know why.
This potent herb gets to the "root" of joint discomfort by helping your body properly respond to both the 5-Lox enzyme and other inflammatory compounds in your body.
In one study of 56 patients with joint and muscle discomfort, more than 75 percent got soothing relief after taking powdered ginger root.
In addition, this formula includes...
The folk remedy that does wonders for joints
The third secret weapon that cools down your joints is borage seed oil. Long revered by European herbal doctors as a joint healer, this unique oil is laden with Omega-6 fatty acid GLA.
GLA is critical for soothing comfort because it's converted into a series of natural chemicals your body needs to help support a healthy response to inflammation and to support healthy movement.
Each of these herbs are effective on their own in cooling down your joints. But when you take them together, in Flexanol, you get results you can feel.
To you, that means joints that don't "act" up as much on you. Joints you don't have to worry about. And joints that simply feel more comfortable.
Now you can see why Flexanol is the first formula you'll reach for and the last one you'll need to comfort your joints.
But there's even more that makes Flexanol my No. 1 joint recommendation, as you'll now see...
Enjoy total comfort with healthy joints, cartilage and bones
Still another reason Flexanol is what people turn to when they want results because it works wonders on not just one, but the total area of your joint concerns.
This is possible because Flexanol formula includes three vitamin "powerhouses" you must have to help keep your joints flexible, mobile and comfortable.
The first is...
...the free radical-stopping powerhouse
You've likely heard about free radicals, the rogue, highly reactive atoms or groups of atoms with missing electrons that are formed when oxygen interacts with certain molecules.
The danger of free radicals arise when they react with DNA or cell membranes: They can cause cells to function poorly or even die -- and then start a chain reaction that repeats the damage. The real key here: As we age, joint tissue becomes especially vulnerable to free radical damage.
The good news is, your body has a defense system of antioxidants that can squelch the free radicals by terminating the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged.
Even better, Flexanol includes vitamin powerhouse No. 1: Vitamin E. Vitamin E is one of the most efficient "chain-breaking" antioxidants and the primary defender against free radical damage in your joints.
What's more, this formula includes what I call...
...the cartilage and joint tissue powerhouse
Vitamin powerhouse No. 2 -- Vitamin C -- plays a dual role.
First, it's also a potent antioxidant to help protect your cartilage, collagen and joint tissues from free radical damage. Vitamin C is the most abundant water-soluble antioxidant in your body, and it acts primarily in the cellular fluid.
Second, Vitamin C is essential for you to develop new connective tissue -- that's right, you can renew connective tissue with vitamin nourishment!
Finally, Flexanol includes...
...nature's powerhouse for keeping healthy bones
Vitamin powerhouse No. 3 is Vitamin D.
You've probably heard you need plenty of Vitamin D to keep strong, healthy bones, and you're right.
But what you may not know is Vitamin D is also present in some synovial fluid -- the fluid found in and around your joints to keep them lubricated and flexible.
With the three vitamin powerhouses, you can see why Flexanol gives you total joint comfort.
Most important...
Here's the No. 1 secret why Flexanol can give you extraordinary comfort
So far you've read about an approach to joint health that people are turning to for results they can feel.
But here's one more reason why Flexanol is the joint supplement "of choice" by those seeking ultimate flexibility and soothing comfort.
It's this: Flexanol is a multi-action joint formula, not a single-shot approach. And this is the No. 1 secret why it works so stunningly well.
Let me explain by first telling you...
...why most typical joint formulas don't deliver what they promise
The main reason why many people are disillusioned with their joint supplements is so many typical supplements take a single-shot approach.
By that I mean a formula may help your cartilage, but do nothing for your body's inflammatory response. Or another formula may help the synovial fluid in your joints but ignore the problem of free radicals.
The truth is, joint health is a much more complex issue. It deals with your cartilage, bones, synovial fluid, inflammatory response, free radicals -- and single-shot approaches just won't do enough.
That's what makes Flexanol so special and so effective.
Good luck finding another joint formula with all these multi-action benefits
To recap, Flexanol gives you...
• ACTION No. 1: the newest discoveries in joint health, including a and better glucosamine (Regenasure®), and a potent natural source of chondroitin for healthy joint cartilage and to lubricate and cushion your joints.
For you, that means your hips (and all your joints) move smooth as silk!
• ACTION No. 2: the best of every major joint supporting breakthrough in the past 30 years, including nature's "joint-comfort" agents -- MSM and EPA and DHA. All to help fuel connective tissue and joint function, and to give your joints the nourishment their yearning for.
The result? You'll keep your knees, elbows, fingers and joints comfortable!
• ACTION No. 3: nature's secret weapons to help support your body's normal response to inflammation: traditional herbals -- Boswellia Serrata, ginger root and borage seed oil -- laden with natural supporters of a healthy inflammation response to help ease your joints.
Your body gets a potent natural boost to its natural response to inflammation.
• ACTION No. 4: total support for your joints, cartilage and bones with three vitamin powerhouses -- Vitamins E, C and D.
For you, that means healthy joints and bones now and for years to come.
This means you can move, flex and bend easily and smoothly.
Even better, you get all of these benefits and "actions" in one supplement, specially formulated based on the latest medical research, clinical testing of ingredients and ancient healing wisdom.
No wonder Flexanol is what people have turned to for results they can feel.
Bottom line: Flexanol delivers what it promises!
Florida woman puts it best
Kerry P. puts it this way:
"Before Flexanol, my doctor had me taking many different things... I wanted something more natural. I had been getting your emails for some time so I figured, what do I have to lose?
I'm so thankful that I tried Flexanol. It is the best of the best. It has truly made a huge impact on my life. Shortly after taking it, my therapist could not believe the difference in how I was bending.
I noticed results within a week. When you have joint discomfort and then you have none, it's like "wow, what happened". It has changed my life and I am now more active from it.
Thanks for changing lives for the better."
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I'm so certain Flexanol will work for you, I've worked with the manufacturers to make sure you can try it yourself -- without risk.
That's right -- you can put Flexanol to the "test" and try it on a risk-free basis for as long as you need (less shipping).
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You'll FEEL the difference and SEE how it makes life good. Guaranteed or your money back.
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From Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey by Joseph Earl Dabney. Bright Mountain Books, 206 Riva Ridge Drive, Fairview, NC 28730. Copyright 1974. Used by permission.
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Amos Owens lived in the hills of Rutherford County in the 1800s, but his legend lives on. His story is best told in Mr. Dabney's book, the definitive history of blockading, moonshining and bootlegging in the Appalachians and beyond. The publisher, Bright Mountain Books, has graciously allowed us to share these excerpts with you.
One of the most colorful moonshiners to grace a federal court during the post Civil War period was Amos Owens, widely known as the "cherry bounce king" of Rutherford County, North Carolina. Owens' "bounce" formula was a generous portion of his finest corn whiskey, with a few dashes of sourwood honey and cherry juice added, the juice, so it was said, having been trod from the cherries by the bare feet of his beautiful daughters, in true Old World style.
A rotund, red-faced, leprechaun of an Irishman, whose highpitched "whiskey tenor" voice commanded the awe of his friends and foes, Owens was the epitome of the Appalachian moonshiner of the 1800s. He was a hard-drinking, defiant, freedom-loving outdoorsman who believed it was his God-given right to turn his fruit and grain into "legal tender" brandy and liquor without being hamstrung by a "dad-burned" federal excise tax. In this regard he, like others, was carrying forward the traditions of his blockading predecessors who had been contemptuous to a man of any attempt to restrict their "inalienable rights" to make a livelihood from their land, so long as their activities did not interfere with the rights of their neighbors.
As with most pioneer farmers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, particularly in the Appalachians, Owens had no reason to consider his "diversification" into whiskey-making as anything illegal or immoral. He reasoned the land was his, the corn and the cherries and apples were his, the copper pot still was his. Moreover, he had suffered near starvation in a Union stockade as a Rebel prisoner. Arriving home deathly ill before the end of the war, he found his
only slave had been freed by the enemy. Then "why in tarnation," he reasoned, should he share the yield from his blockading labors with Washington? He vowed he'd not pay a cent of excise tax.
Yet, despite his angry defiance, when accosted at his still by federal agents, he never attempted to run, never tried to escape from imprisonment and, typical of practically all corn whiskey producers of his era, always showed up in court on his own when summoned.
Picture this, a recollection of Owens by Lee Weathers, former editor of the Shelby, North Carolina, Star:
Uncle Amos was a household word in these parts before the turn of the century. I remember having seen him once as a child when my family lived near the Seaboard depot. . . . Owens was sitting in a passenger coach, riding to Charlotte for his fourth trial in Federal Court for making and selling moonshine liquor and refusing to pay the revenue. ... He was a jovial passenger, wearing a high beaver hat and a Prince Albert coat. A pair of homemade leather suspenders held up his baggy trousers. Everybody seemed to know Amos. He greeted his friends and moonshine customers with a grin, admitting that he might be sent back to Sing Sing in Ossining for a`post graduate course.'
Uncle Amos was a household word in these parts before the turn of the century. I remember having seen him once as a child when my family lived near the Seaboard depot. . . . Owens was sitting in a passenger coach, riding to Charlotte for his fourth trial in Federal Court for making and selling moonshine liquor and refusing to pay the revenue. ... He was a jovial passenger, wearing a high beaver hat and a Prince Albert coat. A pair of homemade leather suspenders held up his baggy trousers. Everybody seemed to know Amos. He greeted his friends and moonshine customers with a grin, admitting that he might be sent back to Sing Sing in Ossining for a`post graduate course.'
"Yep, I reckilect plenty 'bout Amos," an old-timer told the Asheville Citizen in I933, "but I'm afeered it's not what could be printed. There warn't but one Amos! His likker? Now that was a drink for you. Why, with one swig from a jug of Amos Owens' cherry bounce, ary man in the state could lick this depression single-handed."
Why, with one swig from a jug of Amos Owens' cherry bounce, ary man in the state could lick this depression single-handed.In his early trials, Owens often won acquittal, "for the roars of laughter he evoked prejudiced even stern justice in his favor." Even while on trial, Amos would proudly defy his captors by stationing one of his cronies from Cherry Mountain right outside the courthouse with a wagonload of whiskey, the spirits being covered by sweet potatoes and chestnuts. A usual load was "20 bushels of 'taters and 40 gallons of corn whiskey." By the time his trial was over, he would have in hand more than enough cash to pay off his lawyer and his fine.
Federal Judge Robert Payne Dick took a great liking to the spunky little blockader. But he wearied of Owens' continued appearance in court for defiance of federal liquor laws.
"Uncle Amos," the judge declared at one trial, "I want to tell you something. You've given this court lots of trouble."
"And jedge," Amos replied in his near falsetto voice (apparently a result of having drunk his over 100-proof corn liquor "neat" for years), "Jedge, I want to tell you sump'n. This hyar court's give me lots of trouble, too!"
On a subsequent occasion, back in the same court, Amos was sternly rebuked.
"Amos Owens, stand up," Judge Dick ordered. "You have stiffened your neck and hardened your heart again, against the majesty of the law. You have made whiskey and sold the same. Why do you persist in your lawless course? Look at me . . . I am sixty years of age, was never drunk, and have never incurred the woe of putting the bottle to my neighbor's lips. What have you to say, why the sentence of the law should not be pronounced upon you?"
"Waal, Jedge," Amos warbled, as he winked to the crowd, "you've missed a durned lotsa fun if you hain't never made, drunk nor sold no likker." Then he added the following intriguing remark: "As to what I have to say about a sentence? Jedge, do you know what the gov'nor of North Caroliny said to the gov'nor of South Caroliny? Waal, jedge, them's my sentiments."
For many years, I had heard this expression about the famous conversation between the two unspecified governors, but nobody could tell me what was really said. Some people told me it was a fictitious "bit of malarky," meaning, "To hell with you, too." Others said it was merely a cliche to indicate that nothing really was said. But The Atlanta Constitution's "Action Line" came through magnificently. The answer?
"It's been a long time between drinks!"
It was a patently ironic comment for a notorious liquor-maker to make to a federal judge preparing to pass judgment on him! Judge Dick didn't find the response a bit funny, and sent Amos up to the federal pen for a year and fined him twelve hundred dollars.
During his fifty-odd year career of "stillin,' " Owens' notoriety for squeezing out great corn whiskey and fruit brandy spread far, despite the limited communications of the time. His greatest fame obviously rode on his cherry bounce, known in backwoods hamlets and saloons across the South and as far as the Mississippi River, where bartenders kept a few jugs in the luxury paddle wheelers that plied the river from Cincinnati to New Orleans. Amos invited folks to an annual cherry bounce celebration every second Sunday in June, when the black-heart cherries were ripest. People would ride in on their horses and mules and in their wagons and buggies, pulled by oxen and mules. Hundreds would also come on foot by a narrow dirt road whose deep ruts circled the sides of Cherry Mountain to the remote table-like mountaintop.
M. L. White, a Polkville, North Carolina, school teacher who "wrote up" Owens' life under the pen name "Corn Cracker," waxed extravagant when picturing the mountain scene:
Amos owned Cherry Mountain which was 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. From here was a most enchanting view of the mountain scenery that is called the 'Switzerland of America.' From here could be seen Shelby, Rutherfordton, King's Mountain, with a view of the mountains of Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee. Here could be breathed the pure air of heaven, and here as pure limpid water as ever gurgled from the bosom earth rippled down the delves of the mountains. Here grew the famous cherry trees, some three feet in diameter, and are found nowhere else, that yielded every June a crop of fruit remarkable for its size and flavor. Here was found the ideal honey-producing flavors of poplar, chestnut and sourwood, and here was the ideal range for the cattle of a thousand hills. The home of the cow, honeybee, pure water and invigorating mountain air, and not excelled on earth for the fruit tree and the vine. Amos said here would he build a castle like the baron of feudal times, and here should be the land of milk and honey, peach and honey, and the abiding place of cherry bounce.
Amos owned Cherry Mountain which was 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. From here was a most enchanting view of the mountain scenery that is called the 'Switzerland of America.' From here could be seen Shelby, Rutherfordton, King's Mountain, with a view of the mountains of Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee. Here could be breathed the pure air of heaven, and here as pure limpid water as ever gurgled from the bosom earth rippled down the delves of the mountains. Here grew the famous cherry trees, some three feet in diameter, and are found nowhere else, that yielded every June a crop of fruit remarkable for its size and flavor. Here was found the ideal honey-producing flavors of poplar, chestnut and sourwood, and here was the ideal range for the cattle of a thousand hills. The home of the cow, honeybee, pure water and invigorating mountain air, and not excelled on earth for the fruit tree and the vine. Amos said here would he build a castle like the baron of feudal times, and here should be the land of milk and honey, peach and honey, and the abiding place of cherry bounce.
A more down-to-earth description of the festival was given by Owens' granddaughter in Shelby:
The family would cook for a week beforehand, barbecuing pigs and cooking chicken and ham and beef and all kinds of vegetables. People came from miles around. They paid 25 cents per plate. They danced and drank for as long as the food and drink and money lasted. Some would get so drunk and carried away they would dance in the nude. One man caught his daughter and her escort in this way and made them marry. Some would ride their mules through the dance hall. People wrote their names across the walls. You couldn't find a spot as big as your hand on any of the walls because they were filled with names and addresses scrawled on them.
The family would cook for a week beforehand, barbecuing pigs and cooking chicken and ham and beef and all kinds of vegetables. People came from miles around. They paid 25 cents per plate. They danced and drank for as long as the food and drink and money lasted. Some would get so drunk and carried away they would dance in the nude. One man caught his daughter and her escort in this way and made them marry. Some would ride their mules through the dance hall. People wrote their names across the walls. You couldn't find a spot as big as your hand on any of the walls because they were filled with names and addresses scrawled on them.
Amos was a genial host to his throng of merrymakers. While one group would be dancing in the barn-like hall to the sound of a fiddle and the pat-pat-pat of the fiddler's foot, another cluster of people would be eating the food that was spread on the groaning tables. Still another group might be watching or participating in the boxing contests, which often developed into rough brawls. For the guests who passed out under the influence of the liquid beverages, the cellar was available to sleep it off.
"Gander-pulling" was one of the diversions Owens offered to his guests. Cruel though it was, gander-pulling, which came from England, was one of the most popular diversions among mountain people in the 1800s, and Amos made sure that his ring was equal to any. The object, brutal to say, was to break the gander's neck and pull off the head. Amos plucked the feathers from a gander and strung him up by his legs onto the branch of a tree, just high enough so that a rider com »ing by would have to stretch to reach the head. Then Amos took a gourd of goose grease and spread it liberally all over the gander's head and neck. The gander, meanwhile, was squalling and clacking all the while as he swayed to and fro in wait for the first rider. When Amos fired his long squirrel rifle, the contest began. As a rider swung by on his way for the gander, Amos would pop the horse's rump with his rawhide whip, making it more difficult to grab the gander.
During the next hour, the crowd would yell, "He's a gone goose!"
At the end, the winner would proudly bring the head to Amos claim his prize. Amos, meanwhile, had collected twenty-five cents an entrant from the competitors and was therefore able to give the winner a good prize.
Amos offered still other amusements, such as cockfights and dog fights. All for money, of course. Amos was about as close with his money as were his Scotch-Irish neighbors. After the celebration had ended and the crowd had pulled out, Amos would pile his "take" into half-bushel baskets, lash the baskets onto the back of a mule and ride across the mountain and bury them. He always carried his shotgun and threatened to kill anyone who followed. No one ever dared.
Before his death, the old man commissioned "Corn Cracker" to write his biography. The fifty-five-page pamphlet was printed in 1901, the type having been set laboriously by hand, a letter at a time.
The booklet carried a Lincolnesque picture of Owens, wearing his high silk beaver—a gift of an admiring federal judge. It also contained a picture of Owens' Cherry Mountain home, which he described as being "three stories long and one story high." Pictured in the yard is a large copper pot still with Amos proudly standing by in shirt sleeves, smoking a corncob pipe. Although it is written with a great deal of flourish and long-winded ambiguity, occasional paragraphs stand out, shedding light on the old man's experiences.
Continue reading on the "His Early Years" page
Owens was born around 1822, on Sandy Run in Rutherford County, Kentucky. His father was said to have been a ne'er-do-well. His grandfather was a native North Carolinian and a patriot of the Revolution, having been among the corn whiskey-making, mainly Scotch-Irish sharpshooters from the hill country of the Carolinas and Tennessee who, with their long Pennsylvania rifles, challenged and defeated Ferguson's Redcoats and Tories at Kings Mountain. Five miles from Owens' home, nine of the surviving Tories from Kings Mountain were strung up and hung at what became known as the "gallows oak."
Here's how White described Owens' early life.
"Except for a rugged, well-knit frame, a constitution like boardinghouse butter, digestion like the bowels of a threshing machine, there was nothing especially unbearable about the youth of Amos Owens. He was strong, active, an unerring shot, and, while peaceable, would fight desperately when aroused. Amos was unlettered, having never attended school but a few days."
At age nine, he was hired out as a "hewer of wood and drawer of water" (a good term straight out of Ireland of the 1700s), a job he maintained for thirteen years. In 1845, he bought 100 acres of land near Cherry Mountain, but the severe drought prevented him from producing much of a crop. Perhaps this is the reason he turned to making whiskey and brandy. In any event, his biographer relates that in 1845 with the use of a "turnip-type" copper pot still Owens began converting his corn, cherries, and apples into liquor and brandy. At that time, of course, there was no federal excise tax on whiskey or on distilleries.
Now a property owner, Amos was ready to settle down and get married. He courted Mary Ann Sweezy from a neighboring mountain. When he got ready to pop the question, he rode over to "Old Man Sweezy's," where he found the bewhiskered gentleman pulling "sucker" shoots from his tobacco plants. Sweezy called out for him to "light and look at her saddle," which translates into "get out and set a spell."
"Hain't got time," said Amos. "Where's Mary Ann?"
"She's gone atter walnuts to dye some cloth. What's up?"
"Nothing much. We're aimin' to marry this evenin'."
"Marry, the devil?" the old man exhorted.
"No, jest his daughter," said Amos, grinning. "I hain't no notion to marry the whole family."
The bride-to-be appeared, bareheaded and barefooted, with her walnuts. She ran in and put on her homemade shoes and "wagoncover" bonnet and climbed onto the horse behind her man. Leaving her father standing in his tobacco patch with his mouth agape, the two galloped off in search for a justice of the peace. Amos rewarded the J.P. a quart of his finest apple brandy and a coonskin. Both of these items were valuable and "legal tender."
She ran in and put on her homemade shoes and "wagoncover" bonnet and climbed onto the horse behind her man. Around 1851, at age twenty-nine, Amos had put aside enough corn whiskey and brandy profits to buy Cherry Mountain itself. He acquired 100 acres in one tract and 140 in another. Amos quickly got to work and "caused the mountain to blossom as a rose." He grew fine corn, wheat, and oats and was especially proud of his giant cherry trees growing wild on the mountainside. The fruit of all of these, of course, could be turned into spirits.
When the Civil War erupted in 1860, thirty-eight-year-old Amos joined the Confederate Army's 16th North Carolina Regiment. His action was in contrast to that of many other moonshiners further west: in far western North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky, many joined the Union forces. Owens fought with the Rebels in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley and mountain region and also at Mannassas and later joined the 56th North Carolina Regiment, fighting subsequently as a sharpshooter in the siege of Petersburg.
Following the war, during which the federal government reimposed excise taxes on all whiskey and on distilleries, Amos "registered a blood red oath that this tax he'd never pay."
From atop his 3,000-foot high mountain stronghold, with the help of a telescope, he could spy on the revenuer coming from afar, those much-hated "red-legged grasshoppers," as they were called by Zeb Vance, onetime governor of North Carolina. Despite his lookout, Amos got caught on numerous occasions, but never fled.
Altogether during his career of illicit whiskey-making, Owens had nine distilling outfits destroyed and served three terms in the penitentiary.
In 1890, the revenuers arrested him for the fourth time, for the same old offense, and again he was taken before Judge Dick-this time in Charlotte. Now sixty-eight, white-haired, and his back bent with age, Amos' appearance evoked apparent compassion in the heart of the judge.
Asking Amos to stand up, Judge Dick recalled that he had sent him to the pen on three occasions. "You are said to be a man of noble impulses and many worthy traits of character. Your gray hairs should be a crown of glory instead of a badge of infamy. Amos, I can't but believe there are deep and hidden well-springs of good in your nature, and ere I am called to the bar of just God, I shall appeal to the generosity of your better nature. Amos, man to man, will you cease to violate the laws of our country and be an outcast of society?"
An intense hush pervaded the courtroom.
The hardened look of defiance faded from Amos' face, his biographer reported, tears welled in his eyes, his rugged frame shook with feeling. In a voice choking with emotion, he said:
"Jedge, I'll try."
"The effect was electrical," recalled biographer White. "All the judicial dignity in the state could not have restrained the rapturous yell that rose from the audience, packed to overflowing. The sight of the audacious moonshiner, who had hitherto seemed to have a demoniac spirit that no man could tame, weeping with contrition at the bar of justice, and the dignified judge in tears, convinced all present that 'a touch of nature makes us all wondrous kind.'"
The lawyers present, the newsmen, and many others, "including a red-legged grasshopper," shook Amos' hand.
"Then and thereupon, the lawyers of Shelby, Charlotte and Rutherfordton 'chipped in' and bought Owens a fine beaver top hat and a pair of gold-banded eye glasses," White reported.
His granddaughter said that he always had said he would make moonshine all his life and that when he died, he would hang a coffee pot on the corner of the moon and keep on making it.
But Uncle Amos returned home and, as far as history records, never again fired up his still.
In his advancing years, Amos "got right with God," so the story goes, and became a devout member of the church.
He died quietly in his nineties in his "three-story"-long castle atop Cherry Mountain.
Judge: Well, sir! I want to know why it is that you, who look like an honest man, persist in pursuing this illicit whiskey business? I want to know whether, after the lenience shown you by this court, you expect to come back here any more.
Defendant: Why, bygosh, jedge, I didn't come here this time!
Judge: Well, then, how did you get here?
Defendant: They forth me! Yes, sir, jedge, they forth me! I didn't come here, jedge, and I never will come here, you needn't be oneasy about that.
—North Carolina trial
A federal judge asked famed western North Carolina blockader Quill Rose if it was true that aging improved corn whiskey.
"Your honor has been misinformed. I kept some for a week one time and I could not tell it was a bit better than when it was new and fresh."
—John Parris
In the late 1800s and early 1900s most of the cases in federal courts in the Appalachians involved moonshining, and the trials afford a good opportunity to observe the manner of men who had elected to go into the distilling enterprise.
"Big Court Week" was possibly the most notable event of the year for the hill people, rivaling revivals and camp meetings. In the valleys, coves, and ridges for miles around, citizens would put aside their plows and Winchester rifles and mash sticks and head for the courthouse. There they would catch up on the news with their friends and kinfolks—and listen intently with hands cupped to their ears as the trial testimony unfolded.
The wooden benches in the courtroom usually were packed with the rough-hewn folk, who brought along plenteous plugs of tobacco and tins of snuff. The informal courtroom atmosphere was enlivened by volleys of tobacco juice arching to the brass spittoons along the walls and aisles.
Many of the moonshine defendants—they usually referred to themselves as blockaders—exhibited a natural knack for common sense.Henry Wiltse, who put down his experiences in a little book published in 1885, described the sort of men who were on trial. The average moonshiner of the era, he said, would be dressed in homespun, had long hair, an unkempt sandy beard, and smelled of the mountains, of the leaves and wood soil that permeated his clothing. Meal and still beer often could be seen caked on his shirt. He wore no coat or vest, unless the weather was cold. He usually had no suspenders or only one (a "gallus"), and in lieu of suspenders would wear a leather belt or an old piece of rope. He was somewhat above average height, inclined to be slight in proportion to his height, and somewhat stoop-shouldered.
Despite their rough appearance, uncultured background, and limited knowledge of the ways of the world, many of the moonshine defendants—they usually referred to themselves as blockaders—exhibited a natural knack for common sense. Often, they appeared in court as their own counselors, defending their cases with humor, shrewdness and, on occasion, amazing success.
For example, there was the Baptist preacher who was brought to trial for illicit distilling and for trafficking in mountain dew. As his name was called, he arose from his seat among the lawyers to declare, "Your honor, I am the man." His confident, commanding bearing immediately attracted the attention of the audience. Feeling in his pockets for his glasses, he discovered, to his apparent surprise, he had left them at home. He looked up at the bench and declared: "Jedge, I see you are a man about my age, will you be kind enough to loan me your specks for a few minutes?"
Grins spread through the audience at the boldness of the old parson. While everyone enjoyed a laugh, including the court and the bar, the judge dispatched a bailiff with his eyeglasses to the defendant.
Holding up the glasses, the preacher-moonshiner rubbed them intently with a threadbare handkerchief, then declared:
"Jedge, them's might' nice looking specks. They are yaller and look as though they mout be gold. Are they gold or brass, jedge?"
By this time, the courtroom was in near hysteria, with people elbowing one another in great merriment.
The preacher, meantime, remained calm, composed, and intent. Finally, he picked up a book and began to look it over with deliberateness. Again he turned to the judge:
"Jedge, these is fine specks, but they are a little too young for me; and I'm sure I wouldn't a-thought so, seein' as how you are so gray beaded; but gray hairs is not allers a sign of age. There's my old woman. She's whiter headed nor you are, Jedge, and she's ten year younger nor me, so you see that's no sign."
A new outburst of laughter forced the judge to rap his gavel for order.
"Now, jedge, if you will let me see what you say agin me in your warrant, I'll tell you what I've got to say about it."
To this the audience applauded enthusiastically.
The solicitor brought out the indictment, and the old parson read it through, tossed it onto the table and made the following statement to the court:
"Jedge, that paper says I carried on the business of a distiller, and the business of a retail liquor dealer, when I tell your honor that I did no such thing. My business is farmin' duren the week days, and preachin' on Sundays, and now I would like for you to tell me, when I have spent all my time as I've been tellen you, how I could carry on them two other kinds of business what that paper says I do? [Laughter.] If I do all that, Jedge, I must be an unusual kind of man, mustn't I? [Laughter.] Now, I tell you what I have done—no more, no less—and I am tellen of the truth, too. I just made two runs last fall and one run of peppermint in Jannywary, and in them three runs I didn't make over thirty gallon in all, and it was for medicine, too. One of the gals in the neighborhood was sick with the breast complaint, and another one was down with the yaller janders, and I wouldn't of made the runs I tell you about if it hadn't been on their account. Now them's the facts, as God is my jedge."
A thundering applause roared through the courtroom as he took his seat.
The judge asked the old moonshiner if he were lenient with him on this, his first offense, whether he would stop making whiskey illicitly. The parson indicated he thought he could stop. The judge fined him one hundred dollars, and court costs, lenient for a well-heeled whiskey-maker.
About these photos: They were found in Roy Lee Harris' collection, among several he had copied from old prints, tintypes and negatives. It's not known for whom he copied these.
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By John Bell, Hamilton
I realize the election is over. My point is not to make a political stand. The shocking travesty to me was the widespread propaganda about those who depend upon some government assistance. Are there really people out there who believe that anyone who receives food stamps, Medicaid, housing or farm subsidies, unemployment or veteran's benefits is lazy or worthless, or someone who feels entitled? Recently, an editorial in the Missoulian set forth a theory I believe is very accurate. A big determinant of where we end up in life is pure luck or perhaps, providence. Less than 5% of the world is fortunate enough to live in the United States, a free country, a nation of order and opportunity. However, this doesn't make us better than persons born elsewhere, just more fortunate. The author of the editorial and I both feel we won the lottery again when we were born to kind and loving parents, parents who were reasonably well educated and dedicated to raising their children and staying married for life. They didn't just care for us adequately, but more important, they instilled in us a work ethic; and they helped further our education.
Many people, even in this country, never have much opportunity or chance to rise from their situation at birth. Whether their life is one of constant hunger, emotional or physical abuse, violence, or mental illness; their opportunities are severely limited. It is so easy for one to say our nation gives everyone the opportunity to rise out of these situations, since it certainly does. However, like most strong statements, it's much easier to talk the talk when you have never been forced to walk the walk. The author stated that although he was conservative, one aspect of liberalism he greatly respected was that it acknowledges the tremendous power of luck or providence in life, and argues that those who benefit from such good fortune owe a certain debt of gratitude to those who haven't.
Are there abuses in some of these government assistance programs? No doubt one can find abuses in pretty much any program, even those of non-profit entities. However, to conclude that the presence of some abuse constitutes rampant abuse in these programs is no different than accusing all of the wealthy as being greedy or insensitive just because some fit this description. Of course this isn't true. Many of the wealthy people I know are extremely charitable, sensitive and empathetic. The ones to fear are the ones who feel elite, those who don't think luck exists, but feel all their success derives from virtue. In other words, as the editorial stated, they don't give credit for their very great fortune to their very great fortune.
The elite argue that government should not be involved in programs that help those who are much less fortunate. They argue that this burden should and can be adequately handled by churches and other non-profit agencies. The elite argue that the reason for the downfall of this nation is not greed or corruption. It's not politicians from both parties who are so partisan that they will never agree on any compromise, even if it means destroying this great nation. They spend much time and money to persuade the vast numbers of the middle class that the lower class and government assistance programs are the reason for our demise. They successfully pit the middle class against the lower class, blaming the deteriorating conditions in this country on the poor and government waste.
This strategy utilized by the elite is as old as the history of mankind. The key to remaining elite, the key to hiding vast inequities of wealth and corruption is to create issues that keep the middle and lower class so busy fighting with and blaming each other that neither have the time to focus on the real cause of the problem. The monarchy goes unchecked if the soldiers who receive token compensation are busy putting the peasants down so that no one can organize resistance to the monarchy. Great Britain kept the Scots so busy trampling the Irish in their fight to be the second class that for quite some time neither bothered to challenge the English monarchy.
If you truly believe these blatant lies that anyone receiving some government assistance is lazy, is a bad parent, is faking their predicament, I realize I'm not going to convince you otherwise. However, I would ask that you talk to someone you trust, someone who is active in assisting those less fortunate. Talk to someone in your church, or a teacher in your school, maybe a public health nurse, a social worker, or someone you know who works at the Veteran's Center, Haven House, or similar agencies. Everyone of them would tell you otherwise. And, if you think that the functions of many of these government agencies can be adequately handled by churches and non-profit organizations (as hard as they try), ask those people you know who work or volunteer with these charitable groups. This declaration is all a ruse, a lie, a distraction to make many of us despise, blame, and shun the very people who need our kindness, our empathy or, most important, our assistance.
I don't believe the greatest virtue of our nation is that we are powerful, that we have great armies who can war with other nations that don't agree with our politics or our beliefs. I believe the strength of our great nation as projected by those who drafted our Constitution, and those who created the Statue of Liberty, is that although we are a nation of equal opportunity, we are also a nation that offers those less fortunate a chance, an option, a step up. I believe we are strong because, despite opposition, we still welcome the hungry, the poor, the weak.
I realize that many of the elite I refer to are not greedy or corrupt; they are just so out of touch that they accept these lies at face value. This combination of arrogance and ignorance breeds many untruths and misconceptions. Don't believe them. Many of us accept as we grow older the wisdom expressed by the Tao Te Ching, "the farther one goes, the less one knows." We live in an awesome community comprised of many kind and giving persons. Please continue to help in any way that you can by assisting your church, your favorite organizations or your neighbors. People who care are the backbone of this great nation. As the saying goes, you can judge the character of a person by how they treat those who can do nothing for them.


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Nations agree on saving tigers
Police and customs heads from 13 Asian nations agreed yesterday to tighten controls and improve cross-border cooperation to curb the smuggling of tigers and other endangered species.
The accord came at the conclusion of a two-day international "Heads of Police and Customs Seminar on Tiger Crime", which brought together top police and customs officers from countries that still have tigers living in the wild.
The tiger-protection move was agreed to by the officers from Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, China, India, Nepal, Burma and Thailand.
"The tale of the tiger is not simply about conservation, it is also about crime," said Yury Fedotov, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). "It involves transnational organised crime, high profits, widespread corruption, money-laundering, fraud, counterfeiting and violence."
At the conference, tiger-conservation experts presented an up-to-date situation analysis of threats to wild-tiger conservation, particularly worldwide and Asian links to wildlife crime, including the trade in tigers and tigers' parts.
World Customs Organisation secretary-general Kunio Mikuriya said the global customs community was firmly committed to working closely with its partners to stop criminal trafficking in endangered species and other environmentally sensitive goods, by ensuring more vigilant and effective border enforcement through a range of measures.
Thai delegate, Theerapat Prayurasiddhi, deputy director-general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, said authorities here were controlling the smuggling of tigers along the borders. The department will make a map of hot spots in the risk area for smuggling of tigers along borders such as Mukdahan province, near Laos, and Satun province near Malaysia.
On the black market, the price for a tiger ranges from Bt500,000 to Bt1 million. Tiger parts including meat and skin are also in demand. Most tigers that are illegally traded are exported to neighbouring countries such Vietnam and China.
"There is an attempt from powerful countries in Asia to delist tigers from CITES' Appendix 1 so they could legally incubate and trade tigers and tiger parts," Theerapat said.
The department yesterday handed to Vietnamese authorities at the conference the names of 20 Vietnamese traders to follow up on cases of animal trafficking. The traders have already been convicted of illegally trading and exporting of tigers.
The conference was told there are about 3,500 tigers living in the wild in 13 countries. Another 4,000 live in private zoos in China and Vietnam.
The conference was organised by the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime, the World Customs Organisation, the World Bank, the CITES secretariat, and Interpol.
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