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  • Idaho Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion north of Rexburg

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougar wanders through ag country and is illegally shot- Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion. Rexburg Standard Journal. By Joyce Edlefsen.

  • Rammell trial delayed pending new investigation

    Ken Cole

    I think that most people think that poaching should be punished. Rammell seems to think that most people feel just the opposite and that they might side with him. I doubt he’s right and I think that this will make thing much worse for him. He doesn’t seem to be getting much sympathy either. Rammell…

  • Montana probes killing of Yellowstone buffalo

    Ralph Maughan

    Park bison killed by small arms fire- It is redundant to call this sad and dangerous. Small arms are used not primarily to cause suffering, but to avoid a loud report from the gun attracting attention. Rural neighbors who are out to settle scores kill each others livestock this way. Montana probes killing of Yellowstone…

  • Trial rescheduled in felony elk poaching case against anti-wolf activist

    Ralph Maughan

    The saga continues of the case against anti-wolf activist Tony Mayer, who is accused of poaching a huge elk- Judge doesn’t dismiss poaching charge. Trial rescheduled in felony case against anti-wolf activist. By Terry Smith. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. The issue seems not to be whether he poached an elk, but whether it actually…

  • Skinned corpse of wolf discovered in Washington State

    Ken Cole

    State won’t say from which pack This is bad news for Washington’s small wolf population but it sounds like the the case of a previous poaching incident from 2009 is still open and progressing. We’ve heard rumors that charges may be filed soon in the poaching of wolves from the Lookout Pack in north central…

  • Colorado Crimes: Bighorn sheep poacher wanted, $1,000 reward

    Ralph Maughan

    $1000 for poacher in the Poudre Canyon- That is near Ft. Collins, CO. Story: Colorado Crimes: Bighorn sheep poacher wanted, $1,000 reward. By Kiernan Maletsky. The Latest Word I put this story up after a request from a blog reader near the area.

  • Ted Nugent's own TV hunting show nails him for poaching

    Ralph Maughan

    Some would say this guy had it coming- What is it with these wolf-hating, deer and elk poachers? Of course, Nugent is famous.  He’s in another category from most of these poachers. This news is from August. We had missed it, but no one mentioned it in the long discussion of the subject. Guess that…

  • Shotguns put up in Georgia backwoods so poachers can poach on-line

    Ralph Maughan

    A high tech, on-line, real life, killing platform creeps out Georgians- A weird and disgusting array of cameras and shotguns linked to the Internet was discovered in Georgia. Before the government got around to checking it, the apparatus had been taken down — disappeared — but a photo of it remains. Only in Georgia: Internet-controlled…

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