An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
2009, US Congress (editor), Congressional Record, V. 150, Part 6: April 20 2004 to May 4 2004, page 7574,
The undercover investigation of this facility has revealed that its proprietors were aware that some of the companion animals brought to the facility were stolen, and also revealed a list of over 50 “bunchers,” individuals who obtain animals and sell them to “random source” animal dealers. Bunchers have a variety of methods for obtaining companion animals, including responding to newspaper ads offering free animals, trespassing on private property to abduct the animals from yards, and house burglaries.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.