U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula said during the sentencing hearing that the killing of birds by Branson was calculated, extensive and carried out with full knowledge that he was ...

He said the killing was “wrong on every level”, explaining: "This was an owl which was doing no wrong, a beautiful bird people go out of their way to watch, and someone had thought 'I can ...

she said of witnessing the killing. The footage shows the suspect allegedly firing a rock at the defenseless animal. A second person then broke the injured bird’s neck to “ease its suffering ...

People in Wales are brutally and illegally killing birds of prey, with poisoning the most common method. A bird crime report published on October 23 revealed there were 1,529 confirmed bird of ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Washington state man accused of leading a wildlife trafficking ring on a Native American reservation ...