You probably remember this photo from last year when Cody Roberts brought a wolf he had run over with his snowmobile into the bar in Daniel, WY.
The story and photo went around the world and generated nearly universal disgust.
Now, more than a year later, it is still legal.
The new legislative session has started and, amazingly, the issue is not yet quite dead.
WyoFile just published a new article – Bills targeting predator torture, snowmobile hunting could make infamous wolf stunt a felony
From the article:
The livestock industry has pushed to keep snowmobiling over animals legal.
“I’ve talked with a number of livestock producers across the state — in particular, sheep producers — who have said that they view it as one of their most effective tools,” Wyoming Stock Growers Executive Vice President Jim Magagna told WyoFile last year.
Magagna’s lobbying was effective while the “Treatment of Predators Working Group” was working up the legislation that became HB 3. Gov. Mark Gordon even intervened, telling the ad hoc panel to, “Punish unacceptable behavior and deter acts of animal cruelty without interfering with the ability to manage predators.”
So ranchers think it’s great to run over animals on purpose, and the Wyoming Governor thinks that is “management”.
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