Loons getting shot

[Lakemamma]

Published On: Jun 04 2014 08:00:46 AM EDT

DOVER, N.H. -
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in two recent loon shootings in New Hampshire.

The reward is being offered by The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.

The loons were found last month with bullet wounds 50 miles apart in Dover and Moultonborough. Both died.

The loon is protected by both state and federal law, and is a threatened species in the state. It is a misdemeanor to injure or shoot a loon, and even attempting to do so would violate the law.

Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact Special Agent Robert Rothe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Concord at 223-2541.


Why would somebody do harm to them........ I hope they find them.....

[Striper295]

Originally Posted by Lakemamma

Published On: Jun 04 2014 08:00:46 AM EDT

DOVER, N.H. -
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in two recent loon shootings in New Hampshire.

The reward is being offered by The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.

The loons were found last month with bullet wounds 50 miles apart in Dover and Moultonborough. Both died.

The loon is protected by both state and federal law, and is a threatened species in the state. It is a misdemeanor to injure or shoot a loon, and even attempting to do so would violate the law.

Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact Special Agent Robert Rothe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Concord at 223-2541.


Why would somebody do harm to them........ I hope they find them.....

Makes me so mad to hear about this, I just saved a Loon that somehow made it onto the road and couldn't get back to the water. Its strange that the legs don't work like Ducks. I had to cover it with a shirt and when iI got it back to the water off it went like a new Loon...

[SteveA]

Originally Posted by Striper295

Makes me so mad to hear about this, I just saved a Loon that somehow made it onto the road and couldn't get back to the water. Its strange that the legs don't work like Ducks. I had to cover it with a shirt and when iI got it back to the water off it went like a new Loon...

Great job on the rescue!!!

Loon are actually related to the penguin, hence the far rear leg position.

http://www.loon.org/about-loons.php

If you ever get the chance, visit the Loon Center in Moultonbourough, great place, wonderful education, and wonderful organization.

[SteveA]

Originally Posted by Lakemamma

Published On: Jun 04 2014 08:00:46 AM EDT

DOVER, N.H. -
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in two recent loon shootings in New Hampshire.

The reward is being offered by The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust.

The loons were found last month with bullet wounds 50 miles apart in Dover and Moultonborough. Both died.

The loon is protected by both state and federal law, and is a threatened species in the state. It is a misdemeanor to injure or shoot a loon, and even attempting to do so would violate the law.

Anyone with information on the shootings is asked to contact Special Agent Robert Rothe of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Concord at 223-2541.


Why would somebody do harm to them........ I hope they find them.....

The Dover info is right, but I believe the one shot on Winnipesaukee was near Varney Point in Gilford, near the Marine Patrol.

[Slickcraft]

The already ongoing thread is here:
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ad.php?t=17569

[dpg]

Complete scum bag(s) why can't people just leave things alone?