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  • Someone is poisoning dogs in the Wood River Valley (updated 9/29)

    Ken Cole

    Someone is using the artificial sweetener, xylitol, to presumably poison wolves in the Wood River Valley. It is unclear whether any wolves or other canines have been poisoned but one dog has died and another has been sickened by eating xylitol laced meatballs placed in the Lake Creek area. A picture online shows several of…

  • Idaho rancher fined for using neurotoxin pesticide as animal poison

    Ralph Maughan

    Rancher ends up poisoning neighbor’s dogs instead of the intended coyotes- This has happened many times. Rancher decides to poison coyotes, hawks, eagles, etc.  Doesn’t have a legal poison to do it, or the animal might be protected. Rancher figures a toxic herbicide, pesticide, or his or her own concoction will do the trick. Ends…

  • Terry, Montana rancher fined $15,000 for eagle deaths

    Ralph Maughan

    This guy set out an illegal poison for skunks and raccons. Coyotes ate the poisoned skunks and raccoons and died. Eagles ate the dead coyotes and died. It was kind of like 1920. He was fined for the value of the eagles; nothing about the use of an illegal poison. Man told to pay $15K…

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