COOLIDGE, AZ - A $1,250 reward for information that leads to an arrest in
connection with the poaching of a pregnant mule deer doe found near the
Coolidge Airport is being offered by Arizona's Game and Fish Department.
The doe was killed with two shots from a small caliber firearm
between 4:30 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. Sunday on the southeast side of the
airport.
The reward is part of the Arizona Game and Fish Department's program
Operation Game Thief, which seeks to crack down on illegal animal
poaching in the state.
Regional Supervisor Brad Fulk of Game and Fish in Tucson commented on
the senseless killing saying, "Poachers are not hunters. They are
thieves who steal wildlife from the citizens of Arizona.
Killing a doe
is always illegal in Arizona, and that this one was close to giving
birth and was left to waste makes the case especially tragic."
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Operation
Game Thief at 800-352-0700, anonymously if need be, and reference OGT
#13-001986.
Information may also be provided online at www.azgfd.gov.
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