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Any idea what the possible sentence could be?
A hunter would have taken at least the skin and horns and butchered the carcass for the best cuts of meat. These appear to have been wasteful killers.
Mackey’s a smart lawyer, looks like she’s saving Hawn some money by going to the plea hearing.
What do you think the plea bargain will be, George. I’d wager he’ll pay restitution and a fine and get a little probation.
This guy is a bozo and under no way should be allowed to claim ignorance. note this excerpt from the Park County, Colorado web site, The code of Park County:
“Ranchers often work around the clock, especially during calving and haying seasons. Hay is often swathed or baled at night and ranch equipment may be in constant use during the period. Livestock are sometimes moved along or across highways and county roads. Courtesy dictates that you pull over and patiently allow the livestock to pass. After all, the cows were here first. Colorado has an open range law which means ranchers are not required to keep livestock fenced in. If you do not want cattle, sheep or other livestock on your property, it is your responsibility to fence them out.....What else can we say? If you choose to live in the rural countryside, enjoy the scenery and remember, this is the real West!
Do not expect county government to interfere with
the normal operations of our ranching community. Colorado has “Right to Farm” legislation that protects farmers and ranchers from nuisance and liability lawsuits and allows them to continue producing food and fiber, regardless of how new residents feel about their country neighbors.
http://www.parkco.us/Documents/Emergency%20Management/Code%20of%20Park%20County.pdf
Probably restitution, fine, and no jail time. The judge should order this guy to build a bison-proof fence all around his property, and to serve 1,000 hours of community service in an animal shelter.
“Hawn said the bison knocked his satellite television dishes off-line and left dung, tracks and hair on “pristine pasture on rolling hills.”
Tsk, tsk. Except for the satellite dishes are not those some of the same excuses used for exterminating the natives? I wonder if I could use the same excuses to shoot some of the ‘wildlife’ in my neighborhood.
I would have done the same thing. First time, you get a warning; second time, your animls disappear.
I wouldn't have wasted so much meat though.
Get off the lawn before I call a cop!
Bison leaving footprints is a serious problem. Some make crank calls and knock on the door and run.
No wonder Hawn felt he needed protection.
Hawn qas exasperated, “We didn’t move way out here to have animals around”! “Don’t get me started about those eagles”