CNN has the story:Keep your bison off my property or risk having them hunted, software executive Jeff Hawn warned his neighbor outside this old Colorado mining town. In a lawsuit, he said the animals knocked his satellite television dishes off-line and left dung, tracks, and hair on pristine pasture on rolling hills.
Nine days after the suit was filed, shots rang out.
The remains of 32 bison were strewn across Hawn's property and nearby land. Deputies learned that 14 hunters received a letter from Hawn giving them permission to hunt bison on his property.
Now Hawn, the president and CEO of Seattle-based Attachmate who lives in Austin, Texas, finds himself in criminal court, charged with theft and 32 counts of aggravated animal cruelty following the March shootings.
The case has outraged many in Fairplay, a town of about 700 in the central Colorado plains founded by gold prospectors in 1859. It's also drawn attention to Colorado's 'open range' laws.
Rico says that, hopefully, the asshole will go to jail for this.
15 September 2008
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