An animal cruelty trifecta for Idaho

[IDemo]

Others have posted here about the so-called "Wolf Derby" being held in Salmon, Idaho. “The motels are booked. I think it’s going to be big” says Idaho for Wildlife President Steve Alder.

Alder contends the wolf derby is meant to publicize potential human health risks from Echinococcus granulosis, a tapeworm whose hosts include elk, wolves and domesticated dogs. He and other event organizers say they fear dogs infected by sniffing or eating wolf feces could transmit the tapeworm to humans, where they could cause cysts.

Idaho health officials, however, told the Associated Press last week that they haven’t discovered any evidence of wolf-human transmission.

Along with the yayhoos organizing and attending this event, we have seen two instances locally of the maiming and killing of animals, apparently just for the sheer enjoyment.

Owner of horse fatally shot wants answers

EAGLE -- An Eagle family is looking for answers after their horse was fatally shot over the weekend.

The horse's owner and investigators are trying to find the person responsible.

Devon Smith owned the horse. He's had him since he was a kid on his family's property in Eagle.

"His name was Rocket, as a 4 year-old-kid, that's what I named my horse," said Smith.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/Owner-of-horse-fatally-shot-wants-answers--237092021.html

Also locally, someone has taken to targeting wild ducks with a blowgun.

Big reward offered for information in darted duck case

MERIDIAN -- The Idaho Humane Society is now offering a reward for information in the case of injured wild ducks.

Last week, KTVB told you about six ducks that a Meridian woman found in her back yard that had been shot by a dart from a blow-gun.

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Even though the injured ducks seem to still be able to move around and even fly, the darts could eventually kill the animals.

Sandy Rogers first noticed a darted duck on November 11, and then continued to see more darts in more ducks in the coming weeks.

http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/Reward-offered-for-information-in-darted-duck-case-237076111.html

Here's hoping someone remembers to inhale deeply before their next blowgun shot.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

1. You missed one

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/12/24/2942605/boise-officer-who-shot-dog-had.html

[2naSalit]

2. Ahhh Idaho

a place where animal cruelty is a right, a sport and protected by the governor. IF anyone is caught, they might get some ink in the press and a slap on the wrist.

Lest anyone forget, the state also hired a professional trapper to kill a couple packs of wild wolves in a FEDERAL WILDERNESS AREA because the hunters can't get in there to kill them and all because they say that the wolves are eating elk!!! (their primary food source and a species the state purposely "manages" for over population so the hunters have something to kill while claiming it's for the benefit of the ecosystem). The Wilderness Act, it's a law.