MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
BOZEMAN – Game
wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are seeking information on
several trumpeter swans that were shot on Central Park Pond on Heeb Road, east
of Manhattan, likely sometime around Feb. 19.
Wardens and
biologists were able to safely collect some of the dead swans off the ice.
Initial analysis of the collected birds showed evidence that several of them
had been shot illegally. Trumpeter swans are protected by state and federal
laws for migratory birds.
Anyone with
information on this incident is asked to call Montana’s poaching hotline,
1-800-TIP-MONT (847-6668). Informants can remain anonymous, and persons who
provide information that leads to a successful prosecution in this case may be
eligible for a monetary reward.
