[Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game

[Kai Eiselein]

This also brings up an interesting moral question.

Let's say a person is unemployed and needs to feed his/family poaches a deer or an elk for food, should that person be treated the same as a trophy or money poacher who only takes the rack, hide or parts that have cash value?



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> From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 02:23:12 -0700
> Subject: [Vision2020] North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game
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> If anyone can post the LMT article referenced, I'm sure I'm not the only one
> who would appreciate it. It seems to me our tax dollars would be far, far
> better spent hunting down these damn poachers than caving to the paranoia of
> the mentally unhinged "big bad wolf" crowd.
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> http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/north-idaho-poachers-taking-heavy-toll
> -game
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> North Idaho Poachers Taking Heavy Toll On Game
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> State wildlife officials in northern Idaho say poachers are killing far more
> game animals than wolves.
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> Officials tell the Lewiston Tribune that last year in northern Idaho they
> confirmed poaching of 30 elk, four moose, 13 mule deer and 57 whitetail
> deer.
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> Officials say a realistic detection rate is 5 percent, meaning poachers are
> likely killing about 600 elk, 80 moose, 260 mule deer and 1,000 whitetail.
>
> Idaho Fish and Game District Conservation Officer Barry Cummings says many
> people don't report wildlife crimes because they don't consider it a crime
> against them.
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> The fine in Idaho for illegally killing an elk is $750, while the fine for
> illegally killing a moose is $10,000.
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