Poaching

  • ‘Whale war’ kicks off as Japan sends strengthened fleet to Antarctica

    Ken Cole

    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…

  • Farmer ‘snapped’ in anger at pelican colony

    Ken Cole

    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…

  • Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds

    Ralph Maughan

    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.

  • Rex Rammell gets fairly easy sentence for elk poaching conviction

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Rex Rammel Faces New Felony Charges: Jury-Tampering

    Brian Ertz

    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…

  • Federal charges filed in Wash. wolf poaching case

    Ken Cole

    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…

  • Elk poaching anti-wolf leader punished

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Felony dismissed in [Tony Mayer] poaching case

    Brian Ertz

    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.…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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