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madriver223
08-16-2003, 03:07 PM
U.S. National - AP

Hunter Fined $20,000 for Killing Condor
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FRESNO, Calif. - A hunter was ordered to pay $20,000 Friday and sentenced to five years probation for killing an endangered California condor.



Britton Cole Lewis, 29, pleaded guilty in May to shooting the condor, North America's largest land bird according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.


"I can honestly say I knew nothing about these condors," Lewis told a magistrate judge before sentencing. "I sincerely wish I could take back what I've done."


Since 1992, five California condors have been shot and killed. Nearly 200 remain alive today, including 79 in the wild.


Lewis also was fined and sentenced to three years probation for killing a white-tailed deer in Illinois in 2001. Lewis pleaded guilty to falsely saying he was a resident to obtain a hunting permit there. It became a federal crime when he brought the deer's mounted head to California in April 2002.


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California condor information: http://endangered.fws.gov/i/B0G.html



7th
08-16-2003, 03:22 PM
Thanks for the update, but I wish the idgets in the medea could tell the difference between a hunter and poacher. That is what gives us such a bad name. I bet I would get some response if I call a editor a Lirar not a writer. It looks the same to me, Hunter-poacher, Lirar-writer.
Thunderflight
08-16-2003, 04:10 PM
Why would you ever shoot a condor anyway?

I'm glad to hear the system worked.

TF
Lunker
08-16-2003, 04:46 PM
Thatll learn em :D
vvarmitr
08-16-2003, 08:58 PM
Now what do we do w/ george's best friend that shot the illegal elk?
Thunderflight
08-16-2003, 10:18 PM
Send em to duh chair.:)

TF
Caribou Dreamer2
11-10-2003, 08:36 AM
Looks like he got what he desreved but once a poacher always a poacher ,he will do something else soon i would almost bet on that, what will be next?
Thunderflight
11-10-2003, 11:22 AM
He'll probably sneak into the zoo.

TF
CritterGitter
11-10-2003, 11:41 AM
I agree with 7th. That guy is a poacher and not a hunter. The media drives me nuts with their crap! Liars is good, but liberal freaks would be better!!!!

:D

CG