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Teens caught chasing antelope in northeast Wyoming
Associated Press
GILLETTE - A game warden caught six teenagers in a sport utility vehicle chasing a herd of already weakened antelope.
"I watched them do it," said South Gillette Game Warden John Schneidmiller, who was driving on Interstate 90 when he saw the incident on March 10. "They were definitely harassing the antelope."
The driver was ticketed for harassing big game animals with a vehicle, which carries a $410 fine. The five passengers were given warning citations. Their names were not released.
Schneidmiller said antelope are in a physically vulnerable state in which harassment of this sort could cause serious injury or death to the animals.
"In the drought that we're in, the antelope are so stressed to begin with that they don't need additional stress," he said.
Schneidmiller also noted the danger the driver created for himself and his passengers by zigzagging off-road around the herd.
"They almost rolled their vehicle," he said. "I watched them, they were up on two wheels a couple times."
While similar incidents are often reported to the state Game and Fish Department wardens, it is rare to actually catch someone in the act, Schneidmiller said
Associated Press
GILLETTE - A game warden caught six teenagers in a sport utility vehicle chasing a herd of already weakened antelope.
"I watched them do it," said South Gillette Game Warden John Schneidmiller, who was driving on Interstate 90 when he saw the incident on March 10. "They were definitely harassing the antelope."
The driver was ticketed for harassing big game animals with a vehicle, which carries a $410 fine. The five passengers were given warning citations. Their names were not released.
Schneidmiller said antelope are in a physically vulnerable state in which harassment of this sort could cause serious injury or death to the animals.
"In the drought that we're in, the antelope are so stressed to begin with that they don't need additional stress," he said.
Schneidmiller also noted the danger the driver created for himself and his passengers by zigzagging off-road around the herd.
"They almost rolled their vehicle," he said. "I watched them, they were up on two wheels a couple times."
While similar incidents are often reported to the state Game and Fish Department wardens, it is rare to actually catch someone in the act, Schneidmiller said
