Sentencing

[wytx]

Celeb bowhunters fined $133K for ‘worst ever poaching ring’

The celebrity bowhunting couple were sentenced last week in a federal court in what’s being labeled the largest poaching case in the state’s history.

nypost.com

Outfitter Sentenced to Prison in Massive Nebraska Poaching Ring

An anonymous tip that turned into a 5-year investigation is nearly over for Nebraska wildlife officials. In what’s being called the biggest poaching case in state history, investigators have linked over 100 people from 21 states to the illegal take of big game animals and transporting them across...

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[Fatcamp]

 

[Maverick1]

@wytx - those articles are from 2023 and 2020.

 

[wytx]

My bad, it was posted elsewhere.

 

[OXN939]

My bad, it was posted elsewhere.

Never a bad time to reemphasize how scummy people are who abuse our natural resources for personal financial gain!

They still maintain they aren't poachers though, current as of last week

 

[Reburn]

In before the lock.

Those people are scum. Problem is he has his finger in many pies. And he had toxic fingers.

 

[Steve O]

They are everything wrong with hunting. But it will not hurt them; they are loaded and I’m sure have hired a crisis management year to work on their image. As stated that was years ago; if one looked now they are posing as a loving country couple concerned with homesteading and raising their own food. “Salt of the Earth”. Smoke and mirrors…no fines or revocation of hunting privileges will hurt them, they just go on a safari in Tanzania.

No conscience and there are never any consequences for people like that.