This story about
the recent loss of a millions-of-years-old dinosaur footprint
uses the word "vandals" to describe the criminals, but I think that's
misleading. Yes, the perpetrators destroyed the footprint, but they did
so accidentally in the process of trying to steal a piece of public,
shared natural history to sell on the private market. It seems like
"fossil poachers" might be a better label for what's going on and what
the Bureau of Land Management is trying to fight.
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