Poaching
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Only 39 Mexican wolves remain in the wild after several poaching incidents. Conservation groups are asking the USFWS to retrieve telemetry equipment from ranchers and change the frequencies of the radio collars on the wolves so that people with receivers cannot find wolves and kill them. They argue, correctly in my estimation, that the radio…
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One has to wonder how widespread this is. Wow! 425 wildlife violations committed by 68 people from 62 percent of the wildlife brought in to the shop. “As it turned out, 62 percent of the wildlife brought in for mounting at the undercover taxidermy shop had been killed illegally in some manner, Cravens said.” Undercover…
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More on the dead Mexican wolves One possibility that might be considered by the investigators is the possibility that those with government issued telemetry equipment may not be using it to kill the wolves but they may be giving the frequencies to those who are. Gray wolf shot in AZ; officials probe use of radio…
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ANOTHER MEXICAN WOLF FOUND ILLEGALLY SHOT IN ARIZONA USFWS contact: Tom Buckley, 505-248-6455 Arizona Game and Fish Department contact: Bruce Sitko, 928-367-4281 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Law Enforcement Agents recovered the body of another dead Mexican wolf on Thursday July 15, 2010. The wolf, AM 1189, is the second adult male of the…
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Two Dead, another missing Two alpha males Mexican gray wolves have been found dead under suspicious circumstances and another collared alpha male wolf is missing. This is a disaster for the struggling population of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. US investigates wolf killings. Tony Davis Arizona Daily Star
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$1000 fine and loss of hunting privileges for one year Randy Strickland shot the wolf pup from a road near Tyndall Meadows last fall before the season had opened there. There were many witnesses who reported him. Eagle wolf poacher loses cash and hunting rights. Idaho Statesman
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Two men accuse each other of poaching the bighorn while on a trip in Montana The ex-wife of one of the men reported the 2003 incident to the authorities in 2007. Washington man receives suspended sentence for poaching Bitterroot bighorn, mule deer By PERRY BACKUS Ravalli Republic
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Numerous charges have been filed This is in relation to a story that was first reported last year in March about someone who allegedly tried to send a package that was dripping blood and contained a wolf pelt. Charges for killing the wolves have not been filed yet but charges for state game violations have…