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Man fined $5,800 for killing bear on his own prope
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Man gets maximum for killing bear
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HARRISBURG (AP) - A Lewistown man has been ordered to pay $5,800 in fines and replacement costs for killing a black bear, the first time a Pennsylvania judge has handed down the maximum penalty for the crime.
C. David Vogt, 45, was sentenced Sept. 6 for illegally killing the bear on his property last April.
Vogt had claimed he shot the bear in self defense, but Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said evidence showed there was no one outdoors at the time and that the bear was not in an aggressive posture.
Vogt said Thursday that he planned to appeal, but said he could not comment further without first talking with his attorney.
Mark Ternent, a bear biologist for the Game Commission, said the adult male bear weighed 630 pounds.
when it was killed and would have reached 700 pounds before denning in the fall.
"Less than 1 percent of the nearly 45,000 bears weighed in Pennsylvania in the last 20 years obtain that size," Ternent said. "The odds of legally harvesting a bear of this size are about one in 39,000."
http://www.poconorecord.com/local/bhk04483.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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HARRISBURG (AP) - A Lewistown man has been ordered to pay $5,800 in fines and replacement costs for killing a black bear, the first time a Pennsylvania judge has handed down the maximum penalty for the crime.
C. David Vogt, 45, was sentenced Sept. 6 for illegally killing the bear on his property last April.
Vogt had claimed he shot the bear in self defense, but Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said evidence showed there was no one outdoors at the time and that the bear was not in an aggressive posture.
Vogt said Thursday that he planned to appeal, but said he could not comment further without first talking with his attorney.
Mark Ternent, a bear biologist for the Game Commission, said the adult male bear weighed 630 pounds.
when it was killed and would have reached 700 pounds before denning in the fall.
"Less than 1 percent of the nearly 45,000 bears weighed in Pennsylvania in the last 20 years obtain that size," Ternent said. "The odds of legally harvesting a bear of this size are about one in 39,000."
http://www.poconorecord.com/local/bhk04483.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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Attacking bobcat found to be rabid
By Mark H. Hunter
Special to The Denver Post
Friday, September 13, 2002 - DEL NORTE - A bobcat that attacked two men last month was rabid - the first case of rabies in an animal in southern Colorado's San Luis Valley, according to officials.
It also is the first known case of rabies in a bobcat in Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife officers statewide were alerted to watch for similar cases in their areas.
The men were working on a cabin 3 miles west of Del Norte on Aug. 29 when the bobcat came out of the woods and attacked them twice, said Michael Seraphin, DOW public information officer for southeastern Colorado. One man climbed a scaffold to escape the aggressive cat while the other ran inside the cabin and slammed a sliding glass door in its face.
"Twice it lunged at the door and left muddy footprints and body marks on the glass," Seraphin said. "This is not normal behavior for a bobcat - especially in broad daylight. They shot it in self-defense and called the Division of Wildlife."
DOW officer Jerry Pacheco took the carcass to the Frisco Creek Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Center near Del Norte, where veterinarians Herman and Susan Dieterich confirmed it had rabies, Seraphin said.
Tissue samples were forwarded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The exact DNA type of the rabies is not known, Seraphin said, but it's expected the CDC exam will show the cat had bat rabies.
"It smelled like a skunk and had porcupine quills stuck in it, so it may have eaten a skunk that ate a dead bat, or it could have eaten a bat," Seraphin said.
Dr. Jay Childress, a longtime Monte Vista veterinarian, said he'd never heard of rabies in the San Luis Valley.
"I've been here for 50 years, and this is something we've never had here before," Childress said. "This is something to be concerned about. It's a scary situation - especially if it had skunk rabies, because we have a skunk population around here that won't quit."
John Pape, an epidemiologist with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said the bobcat probably found an infected, dying bat on the ground and "had it for lunch."
"There is always a small percentage of bats infected with rabies, usually from biting each other," Pape said. On an "alarm" scale of one to 10, "I'd rate it in the middle of the scale."
The best thing people can do to avoid rabies is to vaccinate their dogs and cats, even house cats, Pape said.
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%7E53%7E856042%7E,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
RALEIGH, N.C.(AP) - Pigeons, squirrels and rats have a new threat in Raleigh - gun-toting business owners.
The city has a new ordinance that allows commercial property owners to use a .22-caliber rifle to shoot the animals on their land. The ordinance already allowed property owners to shoot vermin in residential areas if they have a permit from the police chief and are older than 21.
Otherwise it's illegal to shoot or discharge any air rifle, gun or pistol in the city limits unless it's part of a police course or at an enclosed firing range.
Ameristeel has already been granted a permit to shoot pigeons after complaining of the number of pigeons at their site in South Raleigh.
"The biggest issue at that plant was the health and safety concerns that the supervisors had with the pigeons and pigeon droppings," said Todd Menke, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture who investigated the plant in July.
One employee was nearly seriously hurt when he was hit by pigeon droppings, and supervisors were concerned that distracted workers could get a hand or limb caught in heavy machinery, Menke said.
The estimated 75 to 100 birds aren't likely to leave because they were used to nesting and roosting there, he said. Baiting and trapping them could attract even more.
Company officials declined to comment.
The permits are good for 90 days and allow only firing of blanks or shot cartridges during daylight hours on weekdays. The city won't issue permits for property within 150 feet of a school or park. Between June 1, 2001, and April 30, 27 residents asked for permits.
Information from: News & Observer
http://newsobserver.com/nc24hour/ncnews/story/1726865p-1741475c.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
How is it no one saw this bear attacking or not, but can see him guilty on speculation? What a system!