Fwd: Vermont Bearhound Assoication & Operation Game Thief offers Reward

 

Attached is a press release from the Vermont Bearhound Association offering

a reward for the capture, prosecution and conviction of the person(s) who shot

the hunting dog "Bear" with three crossbow bolts.  The rewards total $3,000.00

The wounds inflicted upon this dog were intentional, cruel and simply unspeakable. 

The attachments has photos.  Anyone who did this inexcusable act should be arrested,

very publicly prosecuted and if convicted, subject to the fullest punishment of the law. .

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 I have attached the Press Release that the Vermont Bearhound Association has offered a reward along with Operation Game Thief on the shooting of "Bear" with a cross bow while he was engaged in a hunt.

 

Please pass this along to others and please post it so if someone has information they can contact the law enforcement agencies.  

Thank you for your assistance.

 

Clint

Clint Gray,

Immediate Past-President

Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc.

 

Care Trak Northeast

http://www.caretraknortheast.com/

 

 Vermont Bearhound Association offeringa reward for the capture, prosecution and conviction of the person(s) who shotthe hunting dog "Bear" with three crossbow bolts.  The rewards total $3,000.00

The wounds inflicted upon this dog were intentional, cruel and simply unspeakable. 

The attachments has photos.  Anyone who did this inexcusable act should be arrested,

very publicly prosecuted and if convicted, subject to the fullest punishment of the law. .

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 I have attached the Press Release that the Vermont Bearhound Association has offered a reward along with Operation Game Thief on the shooting of "Bear" with a cross bow while he was engaged in a hunt.

 

Please pass this along to others and please post it so if someone has information they can contact the law enforcement agencies.  

Thank you for your assistance.

 

Clint

Clint Gray,

Immediate Past-President

Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc.

 

Care Trak Northeast

http://www.caretraknortheast.com/

 

                     

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

9-19-14

Clint Gray, Vermont Bearhound Association; 802-535-7111

 

On Saturday morning, September 13, 2014 in Starksboro a bear hound was shot by a perpetrator(s) using a cross bow.  The Walker type hound was shot (3) three times; once in the head and two downward into the back near the spine.

 

The dog "Bear" was engaged in the activity of hunting black bear when the incident occurred.  The dog "Bear" was being hunted by the owner, Oran Lamphere.

 

"Bear" was brought to the Bristol Animal Hospital in Bristol, Vermont where it underwent treatment and removal of the three cross bow bolts.

 

The Vermont Bearhound Association is offering a $2,000.00 reward along with an additional $500.00 from Operation Game Thief for a total of $2,500.00 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator or perpetrators of this crime.

 

Information can be given directly by contacting a local Game Warden in your area, or calling the Vermont State Police and convey the information to the dispatcher or ask to have a Vermont State Game Warden contact you.

 

In addition, information can be given to Operation Game Thief by calling toll free 1-800-75ALERT (1-800-752-5378) or report it on-line at

www.vtfishandwildlife.com

 

 

This incident involved this dog "Bear";   but it could have been your dog and if the perpetrator(s) are not caught, your dog could be next. 

 

In addition, the Vermont Bearhound Association has received inquiries about contributing to "Bear's" medical bills or toward the reward money.  If anyone is interested, checks should be made out to the Vermont Bearhound Association, earmarked "Bear's medical bills" OR "Bear's reward" and mailed to PO Box 224; Lyndonville, VT 05851.