If it were not for a Penn Township police officer stopping to investigate debris on the road and some damaged mailboxes, Steven Antolovich might not be alive. The police officer and three Penn Township ambulance personnel were honored by the Allegheny Health Network Friday for their lifesaving efforts. Antolovich, 29,
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game received a report of duck carcasses dumped on the side of Hall Road in McCammon. The report came through the Citizens Against Poaching (CAP) hotline on Christmas Day.
Senior Conservation Officer Nick Noll responded to find about a dozen dead ducksâa mixture of common goldeneyes, gadwalls, and mallards. Some of the ducks were cleaned with breast meat removed. Others had been left to wasteâa violation of Idaho Code 36-1202 which addresses the wasteful destruction of game birds.
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âI just want people to be aware that if you harvest waterfowl, it is the law that you take the edible portions of those birds home with you â in this case, the breast meat,â says Noll. âItâs a shame that these birds were wasted and then thrown off the road in view of the publicâs eye.â