Article: CAVE ADVOCATES: STOLEN ROCK CRACKDOWN LATE.(NEWS)

Byline: Associated Press

CAVE CITY -- Cave conservationists aren't congratulating police on a recent crackdown on illegal sales of rock formations stolen from caves. They're asking what took so long.

Until a visit by the Kentucky State Police last week, anybody could walk into Big Mike's or Debbie's - two rock shops near Mammoth Cave National Park - and choose from a selection of cave formations, sold openly in violation of state law.

National park officials and cave conservationists say the open trade in cave rocks - and failure to enforce the 1988 state law making it a misdemeanor - were driving forces behind last year's looting of Floyd ...

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