Poaching
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Last year, due to the constant disruption of the Japanese whaling fleet by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, the massive earthquake, and the resulting tsunami, it looked like the whalers had given up. Unfortunately they plan on returning to the Southern Ocean to hunt whales again this year and Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd…
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This has to be one of the most egregious incidents of wildlife destruction I’ve heard of in recent times. A farmer has admitted to destroying an entire colony of pelican nests. 2,400 eggs and chicks were destroyed by a farmer who complained that the colony was destroying his crops. Pelicans are protected under the Migratory…
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Rich East Asians spur demand for wildlife parts- Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds. Science Daily. More enforcement effort is badly needed. Of course, the U.S. appears to be going the opposite direction and quickly.
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Serving as his own attorney, Rammell is convicted by a jury of his peers- After many months and after getting charged with jury tampering (yet to go to trial), former Republican gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell was convicted of poaching an elk. He was fined $1000 (after the judge suspended $500) and will serve 5 days…
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Former gubernatorial candidate and outspoken anti-wolf activist Rex Rammel, charged with poaching an elk, added an alleged felony to his legal repertoire when he stood outside of the Bonneville County courthouse handing flyers out to potential jurors in his elk poaching case. Following is a video taken when Rex Rammel called a press conference to explain the…
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It’s been more than two years since the killing took place of two wolves from the Lookout Pack in Washington state near Twisp. Charges have now been filed against three people who federal agents say are responsible. These wolves came from British Columbia and were fully protected by the Endangered Species Act. They were also…
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Tony Mayer can’t hunt or fish in Idaho for poaching big elk- Finally, and after a trial, Mayer lost his hunting and fish privileges for 3 years, was given a 220-day suspended jail sentence, got put on probation for six years, was ordered to pay $1585 in various court costs, fees, and ID Fish and…
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Blaine County prosecutors agree to dismiss a felony charge in the elk poaching case against anti-wolf activist Tony Mayer. Felony dismissed in poaching case – Idaho Mountain Express Nonetheless, 59-year-old Tony Mayer, a resident of Twin Falls and the founder of the anti-wolf website SaveElk.com, still faces three misdemeanor game charges related to the case.…