During his 14 years leading the Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle became familiar with how incidents uniting animal rights activists with the broader public build and then blow up, becoming international sources of outrage.
Incidents that become common knowledge to the average person are few and far between. It happened in 2008, when star quarterback Michael Vick’s illegal dogfighting ring led to his temporary ouster from the NFL and again eight years later when controversy over a Minnesota dentist killing an animal known as Cecil the lion led to unprecedented scrutiny of trophy hunting.
Pacelle sees parallels to the situation unfolding now in Wyoming involving allegations of a tortured wolf.
“I’ve been around for a long time, and I’ve got a gut feeling for these kinds of things,” said Pacelle, who now leads the Washington, D.C.-based group Animal Wellness Action. “I think this is going to be of enormous continuing interest to the public.”
Pacelle expects the fury to persist because of the alleged details of what happened: Daniel resident Cody Roberts ran down the wolf with a snowmobile, and struck the animal until it was so disabled he could tape its mouth shut. Then he brought the live wolf home and into the Green River Bar to show it off before taking the animal behind the establishment and shooting it. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, which has shut down communication with the media, has not confirmed those details, but they were partially corroborated by a criminal citation against Roberts related to the possession of wildlife and a photo that emerged over the weekend that purported to show Roberts smiling next to a wolf with its mouth taped shut.
Another reason Pacelle anticipates the fury won’t abate is because a similar incident could easily happen again. Arguably, most of what Roberts did is legal.
“There’s no limits on any of this, and this is what you get,” Pacelle told WyoFile. “You get a malicious person who takes advantage of permissive state policy to a degree that most sane people thought was unimaginable.”
Incredulity that such a cruel act is punishable in Wyoming by only a $250 citation for illegal possession of warm-blooded wildlife has sparked still-building pushback and protest. (Records show Roberts has already paid the fine.) Pacelle’s group and, separately, a coalition of organizations with ties to Wyoming and the Northern Rockies have appealed to the Sublette County Attorney’s Office seeking additional animal cruelty charges be brought against Roberts.
“Roberts committed misdemeanor and felony animal cruelty,” Wyoming Wildlife Advocates Executive Director Kristin Combs and others wrote in a letter shared publicly. “Under Wyoming law, a person who ‘[i]intentionally or knowingly, unnecessarily injure or beats an animal’ or ‘knowingly carries an animal in a manner that poses undue risk of injury or death’ commits misdemeanor cruelty to animals.”
Is torture of ‘predators’ legal?
But when Game and Fish put out a press release last week, the state agency contended that animal cruelty statutes don’t apply to predatory species (wolves in 85% of Wyoming and, throughout the state, coyotes, red fox, stray cats, jackrabbits, porcupines, raccoons and striped skunk), the implication being those species could be tortured in Wyoming without legal repercussions.
Sublette County Attorney Clayton Melinkovich isn’t so sure Game and Fish is right.
“These [animal cruelty] statutes are very unclear all the way across,” he told WyoFile on Monday. “It does appear that they may apply.”
It’s not only up to him, however, whether additional charges are brought against Roberts. It’s also up to Sublette County Sheriff K.C. Lehr, who would first need to initiate an investigation, a decision that would not necessarily be publicized.
“If and when charges are filed, they become public,” Melinkovich said. “From a Rules of Professional Conduct perspective, I can’t speak [about] an investigation before it’s filed.”
Beyond calls for more criminal charges, wildlife advocates energized by the wolf torture allegations plan to push for policy reform. It’s currently legal and routine, for example, to pursue coyotes in Wyoming by running them over with snowmobiles. It’s conduct that’s accepted enough in Sublette County that a resident once made apparel celebrating a pursuit he dubbed “chasin’ fur.”
Wildlife advocates like Lisa Robertson, who founded the Jackson Hole-based group Wyoming Untrapped, plan to make another run at prohibiting the tradition of running over wolves and coyotes with snowmobiles. Last time lawmakers ran a bill proposing a ban was 2019, and it went nowhere.
Speaker of the House Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale), who represents the district where the incident took place, said that he’s expecting Gov. Mark Gordon to lead a process looking broadly at the Roberts/wolf incident — and, legally, what to do about it.
Sommers is wary of knee-jerk legislative reactions.
“I’ve learned in my career in the Legislature that every time you try to legislate on an isolated issue, you end up making too big of a loop and catching the hind leg of the cow instead of the calf,” he said. “You’ve got to be careful, whatever law you change, that you understand the implications, but certainly the state will take a look.”
What Cody Roberts did, Sommers said, was “wrong,” “inhumane,” “dumb” and “bad judgment.” The cattle ranching lawmaker hopes Roberts learns from his mistake, he said.
“Having said that, Cody Roberts is a decent guy,” Sommers said. “I’ve known him his whole life.”
Sommers has spoken with the man at the center of the controversy since the incident, and Roberts told him he’s been on the receiving end of a fury, complete with internet vigilantes wishing him harm and calling for his head.
“What he did is not acceptable,” Sommers said, “and the death threats [Roberts is getting] are also not acceptable.”
Disapproval all around
Nearly a week and a half after KHOL Jackson Hole Community Radio first broke the news, the cacophony of condemnation for how the wolf was treated seems to keep growing.
“I want to make my position on this absolutely clear,” Gordon, the Wyoming governor, wrote on Twitter/X. “I am outraged by this incident, just like thousands of Wyoming ranchers, farmers, sportsmen and sportswomen and others around the state.”
Dan Ashe, a lifelong hunter and former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told WyoFile in an email that the wolf’s treatment was “grotesque and disgusting.”
“In view of this, I think every state should be reviewing their statutes to make sure that this kind of cruelty is punishable,” wrote Ashe, now president of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
A broad coalition of advocates — professional and not — also continue to push back. Pleas for reform and steeper penalties are plastered all over social media feeds, regardless of the platform. A Change.org petition demanding felony charges for Roberts sprung up Saturday, and by Monday afternoon had gained more than 30,000 signatures. Essays denouncing what happened have spread. So have calls for leaks from within Game and Fish, an agency where officials have argued they cannot provide any information about what happened because of state statute.
In the meantime, the advocacy group Wolves of the Rockies plans to pay people to procure information. An advertisement that will appear in the Pinedale Roundup this week offers $500 for videos and photos of the events involving the wolf at the Green River Bar on Feb. 29.
“We’re trying to get to the bottom of what really happened,” said Kim Bean, president of the Montana and Colorado-based group. “We want to know the truth about what happened that day to this animal.”
This guy is what Clint Eastwood movies were about. Cody Roberts is about a universal type of thug. I rescued injured wildlife in Florida for 8.5 years. I am an NRA Lifetime member, a Veteran and animal lover since a child. I don’t like hunters or trappers, I want to help animals survive not kill them. This guy carries all the qualities of bad guys from the old west. No matter where you are, these kind of men are there I sold hunting land my father owned in Vermont on a mountain. I loved it there and wanted to live there but later found out the real story and people there as I grew up in another state Poachers, hunters, trappers are out of control there, have killed off most of the wild life there Met a state wildlife headcounter at the a county fair with pictures of what poachers left after their travels. Wanted to post my land to help wilslife but was advised not to because locals would burn my cabin down. Rather than deal with a Rambo situation with unfriendly locals, I sold the land that county tax appraisers doubled the taxes on after I bought it from my family. I was very sad but realized the situation would not change there. Hopefully, Wyoming will create new laws to protect wildlife legally from these types of men who think they are above the law and their sick minds and emotional sickness is accepted. I have relatives in Cheyene and know there are good people in Wyoming. I had a friend from Montana and I know a lot of the same abuse goes on there. Hunting animals is not sport to me. Having advantage
of high powered weapons, bows, scopes, night vision and killing innocent animals trying to survive with encroachement, overcrowded parks, joggers, snowmobiles, fences and other impediments is making endangered species suffer more. Real hunting is man against man, an equal level. Military is the untimate sport, not blowing helpless animals apart or running them down with powered vehicles. Apparently this Cody Roberts has the Superman Syndrome and thinks he is indestructible. Drunk and stupid and want to kill was all over Vermont and the results were evident. I don’t think this low IQ man that reportedly has a family realizes what he did and that there are lots of people that really care about wildlife and don’t like or approve of him, his lifestyle or existence of people like him and think less of him than what he did to that helpless wolf begging for its life and mercy in pain. I was crippled for life by a careless driver here on a green card. I know a lot about pain. I hope that Law Enforcement and Wyoming legislators will come to their senses and create laws to put people like Cody behind bars for a long time to set examples for other people with mental, emotional, psychological problems that these people are not just a danger to wildlife but other people also. With the public outrage, I think Roberts might want to consider his safety, especially after walking around bragging and laughing. Time for laws to get this freak off the streets. I spoke to the Wyoming Governors secretary a few weeks ago and voiced my thoughts on this torture. Maybe after dollars drop on tourism the money pot will excite legislators to get some laws that work and make a difference. With all those death threats it might be good to invest in a life insurance policy for Mr. Roberts and a good attorney. He should not be on the Wyoming welcoming committee. I hope the Governor will step up and do what is right. I would love to live in Wyoming and enjoy the beauty and wild life there but not to abuse it.
There is a dark underside of redneck life. When things like this happen and the authorities turn a blind eye, you see how it is. In the old days strong men would dispense a certain brand of justice that is no longer politically correct.
But don’t make the mistake of Deborah White and equating this sadist act with legal, humane hunting of predators. And also don’t forget the violence that predators visit upon their prey and even young of their own species.
Don’t let your shock at violent realities of nature result in an emotional over response to put laws on people and ecosystems thousands of miles from where you live.
Why didn’t the other men in that bar stop him and take the wolf to a vet? The bystanders that watched this happen, that did nothing are just as guilty as the monster that did this. How could a decent human being with a conscience let that wolf suffer? Didn’t any man in that bar have a conscience? What would you expect from Wyoming? Trump took the grey wolf off the endangered species list. I saw the article about men in Wyoming baiting wolves from Yellowstone and slaughtering them. The savagery and cruelty of human beings never ends. Animals are here for themselves not for the monsters that are human. We are not a good species…. Never have been and never will be.
I am siting in Maine in my car crying my heart out for this magnificent creature that was completely helpless and at the mercy of this incredibly brutal heartless monster.
Not one man stepped up to protect the wolf. Not one!! Cowards all of them.
People who abuse animals should be put to sleep forever…..Heartbroken in Maine
This guy did a bad thing, and if he did something illegal he should be punished. Aborting kids is way worse than this, and a lot of these people complaining about hurting an animal don’t care that babies are ripped apart in the womb during an abortion. Please focus your energy towards not letting babies get murdered (aborted). We will be a lot better society when everyone figures out human life is the most important life on the planet.
Human life is NOT any more important than any other life. The sooner you realize this, the sooner the WORLD will be a better place.
By that measure you would not only have to be against abortion you’d have to be against veganism. Perhaps the only loophole to sustain yourself would be to eat carrion!
A-Men. ALL life is precious and not one person, child, or ANIMAL should be tortured, terrorized and then discarded. WE are supposed to be “humans,” but sadly, some fall short.
I really doubt that the animal eaten and killed by the wolf really enjoyed the experience either for that matter.
Humans have the ability to make these dicisions themselves. I am 100% against abortion, but this poor wolf did not have that choice
Legislators: It is up to the legislature to make clear laws so its citizens will know which common practices are legal and which are not. If it is supposed to be legal to run a vehicle down (i.e., to hunt them) with a snow mobile, then say so. If it is not, then say so. You owe it to the animals and the people to be clear about this. But don’t take a more cowardly approach and simply ignore it because it’s difficult or you might lose some people’s votes.
Not argue with you, but to be consistent you need to recognize that in an abortion the human fetus has the same amount of choice (or even less) than the wolf being hunted and it has even less ability to escape.
I’m very saddened by what Cody Roberts did to this wolf. I understand why there is inadequate laws protecting the wolves and other animals. I urge the various governmental agencies pass and enforce laws that will protect our wolves as well as other animals that live in the wild.
Boycott Wyoming beef. That’s the only thing they will hear.
The actions of Cody Roberts torturing and killing a wolf in such a heinous manner is hard to understand. What kind of man would do this?? Taking this magnificent animal to bar and gloating and parading it like a child at show and tell time speaks volumes about what kind of man he must be. So cruel and shameful. Good “Christian” no doubt. Wyoming, move into the modern world. This ain’t the Wild West.
the 2019 federal Preventing Animal Cruelty & Torture Act signed by President Trump should be applicable here or else the federal law is useless.
“Dan Ashe, a lifelong hunter and former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, told WyoFile in an email that the wolf’s treatment was “grotesque and disgusting.”
Couldn’t agree more. No visits to Wyoming for me. Wolves were forcibly reintroduced into the U.S. and never stood a chance . It is way past time that they receive federal protection. I will also pray for Cody Roberts. The darkness in his psyche that allows him to enjoy what he has done dismisses the label of him as “decent.”
Killing for the sport of it is murder. Change my mind.
“Cody Roberts is a decent guy. I’ve known him his whole life.” Wyoming Speaker of the House, Albert Sommers’ support for Cody Roberts brings some clarity as to why the incident it was kept quiet and charges weren’t filed to begin with. Using words such as “dumb” and “bad judgement” make it sound as if he simply had too much to drink.
This was premeditated, depraved, savage torture of an animal for public spectacle. Despite what the Speaker of the House thinks, it’s not the behavior of a “decent guy.” If you’re willing to torture and celebrate torture publicly, then you’re a safety concern for the public.
Game and Fish Director Nesvik and Sheriff Lehr were negligent in their responsibility to the community to investigate and prosecute. But because this kind of behavior is condoned and celebrated (albeit, usually more discretely) in Wyoming, they swept it under the rug.
Regardless of what his community thinks, Roberts needs psychological help. Not validation. He may well have the capacity for decency, but his conscience isn’t working and his willingness to torture shows a much darker potential. I sincerely hope he gets legitimate emotional support and that people can refrain from piling on more abuse to Roberts and his family. He’ll suffer from his actions for the remainder of his life, in one way or another.
That was very well said!!
Very well stated!
Thank you for the reporting here. To Mr Roberts….you clearly have zero idea of right and wrong.
To Wyoming Fish and Game and its lawmakers…..you aided and abetted this behavior by legalizing things like running animals down with a snowmobile for sport. You are complicit in this horrific crime. And then you tried to look away.
To the ethical hunting community…clean house. Your “sport” is sheltering people who do not honor or care for the hunted animal. Killing animals for no reason is out of hand and some of you know it.
How many other incidents like this have happened? I’d venture to guess it’s not rare….change the laws. Stop the insanity.
The defenders of Cody Roberts, including his family, state officials, and elected officials, reveals as much, if not more, about Wyoming than the incident itself. I remember similar statements when Matthew Shepard was murdered. “This is not who we are”—except it is. A $250 fine is ridiculous. You may as well make “Abuse. Torture. Kill.” the slogan on your license plates.
Couldn’t agree more. This IS Wyoming. Cody Roberts isn’t a one off. There are many more where he came from.
Coincidental, Brian Nesvik, Director of Wyoming Fish & Game, is now retiring the same week the wolf is tortured and killed under his watch, sure more to come, Wyoming is not a place on the bucket list, laughing stock
Wyoming will always be infamous for the torture and killing of Matthew Shepard. Now Wyoming and Cody Roberts will forever be remembered for the place and people that allow and commit heinous acts of depravity, cruelty and the killing of defenseless animals in unthinkable ways.
Despicable. Cruelty of this nature has no place in our human or animal society. Please punish Cody Roberts, beyond the current laws, for this criminal act.
I appreciate Mike Koshmrl‘s reporting here, particularly the links to related topics. I followed a couple of the links (the links worked) trying to understand the ‘snowmobile tactic.’ Not only cruel (doubtful a quick kill would occur), but it seems ridiculously unsafe for a rider. So how is this legal?
If this official knows Cody Roberts and thinks he’s a “good guy” then he doesn’t know what a good guy is. Last I checked, wolf is not on the menu like Elk or Venison or Bison. So the hunting is for killing only. I agree with those who say this is what Wyoming is. A state that takes in Federal dollars from other states, enjoys the benefit of the 2 stellar National Parks, but rejects all responsibility in caring for it’s Wolves. I’m sure Cody Roberts would be the dude who caps Bear 399, where there a hunting season for Grizzlies
Email the Wyoming Wildlife board here:
brian.nesvik@wyo.gov
jerald.johnson@wyo.gov
doug.miyamoto@wyo.gov
More here:
https://www.wyadmb.com/Board%20and%20Contacts%20II.htm
This story highlights why ALL wolves need federal protection. Wyoming has mismanaged their wildlife for years and allow this behavior for ALL animals they classify as vermin. This story highlights why Wyoming must change their laws to abolish killing contests, running over wildlife with snowmobiles, trapping with all the torture that includes and other animal cruelty. This wolf’s torture and death cannot be in vain.
Wyoming, Idaho and Montana legislatures have authorized wolf hunting to such an extent that wolf hunting is allowed by almost all methods – Idaho authorized everything except napalm. The result I see is a recent filing in Federal court in Missoula, Montana seeking to return wolves to USFWS control. However, I thought i read somewhere that a rider to Federal appropriation legislation had delisted wolves in Montana and Idaho meaning both states were tired of waiting for the USFWS to delist. So, what’s the dominant branch of government – the federal courts, congress, federal administration such as Interior or State legislature??? In all three states the legislature overwhelmingly approved measures to control wolf populations and the Governor of Montana actively hunts wolves and mountain lions. The point is, predator control is a important activity in western states and is strongly supported by the legislatures. Are you aware that the federal Department of Agriculture employees predator control personnel that even control predators- mostly coyotes – via flying and aerial hunting?? Predator control is a huge, ongoing activity in the west and even supported by taxpayer dollars. Wyoming has been waiting patiently for about a year for USFWS to delist grizzly bears but the state’s patience is running out – as a result, you can anticipate Rep. Hagemann attaching a rider to appropriation legislation which delists the grizzly bears by act Congressional action rather than following the normal procedure which follows the ESA. Predator control is firmly established in all three states and is strongly supported by the state legislatures – therefore, this controversial issue will remain extremely contentious for many years to come.
Predator control is one thing. What this man did is a whole different beast. We are taught to kill all animals quickly and humanely.This man didn’t do this for predator control, he did it to parade through town with that animal, torture it, show it off to his “friends” and then kill it. That’s vile. In our society when a “human predator” is caught we don’t torture it,parade it around and show it off. As for Mr Sommers statement about him being a decent guy…. many people said the same thing about Ted Bundy, look how that turned out. I hope this disgusting story gets the public angry enough to be able to force some changes in the law. Animals don’t deserve this.
We would not have Dogs without the Wolf. Does the Wolf kill some livestock, probably, so does disease. Please fix the laws so the penalty would be a year in jail and 20,000 fine. Embarrassed for humanity on this story. Mankind at its worst.
When Mister Somers calls Roberts a “decent man” I have to wonder what he considers decent? A decent man don’t run over helpless animals with a snowmobile, tape its mouth shut, parade the helpless animal around and kill it, but psychopaths would. If Cody Roberts is a decent man in Wyoming I’ll stay in Montana where our “decent” Governor just shoots a wolf to show everyone how macho he is.
I’m really sick and tired of hearing from elected officials and a former cabinet member of donald trump saying ” this is not who we are” (meaning Wyoming residents), and cody roberts is a “decent” man. Having spent a lot of time in Wyoming, I can tell you that this is exactly who many, many people are. And “decent” people don’t commit acts of torture like this. We can’t let this be swept under the rug. There is a massive need for change; and that change won’t happen until monsters like cody roberts are punished.
Despicable behavior by a human being that demands and deserves to be condemned at all levels. Difficult legislation, however, to correct it at a policy level.
This guy needs to be a fly fisherman- – – – -torturing his prey to exhaustion by using the smallest leader possible and artificially prolonging the “sport” of bringing the fish to hand. Then the virtue-signalling sadist “releases” it to a lingering death somewhere downstream. This kind of sadism is “legal”.
Excuse me, what are you talking about? This seems like unrelated slander of something that you don’t seem to understand.
– A fly fisherman who hunts and fishes for food, not for photos.
Cody Roberts should get more than just a fine. His actions go beyond cruel and disgusting!
Instead of the quintessential ‘a florida man’ you could just insert ‘a sublette co. man’ into a national news headline. probably best just to stay away from both sublette co. people as well as the county itself.
Roberts could not be a nice person as is described herein. Clearly lacking in compassion and respect for the animal kingdom. No excuse for this behavior nor the slap on the wrist for the sociopathic behavior. I hope the legislators can step up to protect our wildlife. Surely Wyoming can be better.
Not to mention “catch and release” anglers who advocate leaving non native species on the bank to die.
We need to be honest about the state in which we live. By refusing to ban running down animals with snowmobiles when it was brought up in the legislature, Wyoming has shown its true colors. It is a state run by and for a bunch of backwards people. They try to justify this by calling it the “cowboy way” or some other such nonsense, but it’s just a backwards view of life fueled by extreme ignorance. Unfortunately, the most recent legislative session provided proof of this with many issues that came up. Just because Wyoming’s wolf management is not as atrocious as Montana’s and Idaho’s, does not mean it is good. The best thing for wolves is that they once again be managed by the federal government. Also, the federal government should ban the practice of running down animals with any machines, including shooting from aircraft, on federal land. Wyoming has proven that it cannot be trusted with this.
Avoid the state of Wyoming, deliverance and toothless red necks, Wyoming sucks, hunts, tortures then kills wolf. No one should step foot in Wyoming
I hunt, what Cody did screwed the hunting community.
While I appreciate Governor Gordon coming out against this heinous act, I have issue that he is quick to name ranchers, sportsmen and hunters and then “others”. I guarantee the “others” are the majority that are outraged by this crime. Governor Gordon as well as the legislators and Game and Fish are well aware that this “legal” incident is who Wyoming is. This idiot just happened to post a picture of his heinous acts. Without a doubt, running over coyotes and wolves is a favorite pastime of “the good folk” of Wyoming, as is burning pups in dens, gut shooting predators and the list goes on and on! I just hope that finally the public truly understands the “culture” of Wyoming!
You have no idea about us, but choose to judge the whole state over one fool.
Please stay away, what we are is true patriots who love this country unlike most of the left.
Mr. King. I do “know about us”, having lived in WY and ID for close to 50 years. It’s truly the most magnificent part of the USA. It is home to America’s most unique species of wildlife. It also has a large underbelly of people, mostly men, who have little regard for the well-being of animals, or, for that matter, people who are different from them in race, religion, sexual orientation. These men hide their insecurity and low self esteem with macho behavior such as this incredibly cowardly act. Running down an animal with a snowmobile and intentionally inflicting pain and terror on this wolf (just a pup or yearling) is incomprehensible to the “decent” people of WY and the rest of America and the world. But among these type of men, it’s met with a wink and a nod, or a toast and a whoop and a holler.
The culture in this underbelly of the male population that turns innocent young boys into cruel, narrow- minded men has to change. This type of heartless attitude and behavior towards animals has to end. God did not create animals to be toyed with, tortured, and/or unnecessarily killed by one of His other creations – humans. I would hope that you and all the decent people of this region would speak out vigorously against these acts and the culture that produces such men. Doing so won’t turn you into a liberal, a snowflake, or a socialist…..just a decent human being doing what’s right.
You are a smart man, agree 100%
I’d Love to donate an additional $100 (One Hundred Dollars) to the Wolves of the Rockies $500 (Five Hundred Dollar) Reward that they are offering for information about what occurred on that day to this wolf by Cody Roberts or others.
This is the incident we know about. How many times has Cody Roberts and people like him caused needless harm to animals? Hopefully, shining a light on this behavior will lead to tougher animal cruelty laws in our state.
I’m sorry to hear of this. I hope Mr. Roberts will think better of what he has done.
Cody Roberts is getting exactly what he deserves. Rep. Sommers might have known him as a “good person” , but he clearly has chosen a different path from that of a good person.
The fact that it’s still legal to run over any living thing deliberately with a snowmobile shows that we in this state have some growing up to do. As bad as this incident was, I do hope that some change comes in this state regarding the lack of laws with predator “hunting”.
One last thing, the G and F needs to grow a pair and condemn this incident. Whether it was technically legal or not, they as the law enforcement agency over wildlife, need to speak out. They are starting to disappoint me a bit in their effectiveness at managing wildlife.
This is not an isolated incident in Wyoming – killing contest are a regular occurrence in this state. If you want to be stunned by cruelty Google “Coyote Whacking” where families have for generations run the coyote down with a snowmobile, run over the animal, stomp on it and beat its head against the snowmobile. Ranchers had a screaming fit when a bill was brought to out law this. Albert Sommers knows this is not an isolated incident.
Jesus Christ. That’s disgusting. Imagine what people like that would do to another human being if they could get away with it??
Yes , Cody had to learn this kind of behavior somewhere.
This is truly disgusting and cruel behavior!
I can’t imagine how scared, anguished and terrified that poor animal was while waiting for that freak to finally put him out of his pain and misery. 250 dollars doesn’t even come close
Maybe even to the extent of the wildlife chased, killed, and eaten alive by the wolf. The wolves were reintroduced so they could chase, torture, and kill other wildlife. There seems to be a little hypocrisy here.
Representative Summers states Mr. Roberts is a good man. A “good” man does not engage in sadistic acts. Apparently the practice of running down wildlife is considered a sport by many in Wyoming. I say a Boycott Wyoming movement would be a good cause. Why spend tourist $$$ in a state that apparently condones this practice.
Wolves may run down another animal to survive which is their nature. I don’t think Cody (named after another animal murderer) needed the wolf to feed himself. Where’s the hypocrisy you speak of?
that’s call survival of the wildlife. No reasonable person disrespects what he hunted. Running this creature down with a snowmobile is cruel, this sucks as a hunter, one shot one kill. People are cruel!
Marion, you’re kidding right? I see no hypocrisy here, just anabashed cruelty from a human being.
Oh, really. Wolves don’t kill or torture for pleasure or sport. Or to show off their ‘spoils of war’. Your argument is full of false equivalency.
You have been writing this sort of nonsense for years. I doubt you actually care and I am sure you know it is nonsense. Do you actually believe there is no light between running down and animal and beating it to a bloody mess just for fun and one killing prey for food? I have lived in Wyoming and the west all my life. I have news for you – this is who many, too many, westerners are.
In other woreds you would be happy to feed your dog, cat, laamb being raised by your kids to wolves. For that matter do any of you have any animal pet or otherwise that you would be willing to give to the wolves for a meal? Or are only other people supposed to make that sacrifice ffor your pleasure?
If confirmed- this incident reflects poorly on the state of Wyoming- hunters and sportspeople in general and Wyoming wolf management. My family has hunted and fished in Wyoming since 1978 and I just cannot imagine why anyone would treat ANY animal this way.
I planned on visiting Wyoming this Spring. Now, I wouldn’t spend a dime in this barbaric, disgusting hole. Wyoming needs to prosecute and imprison those who torture animals. Let’s boycott the heartless, stupid state of Wyoming!
If people would boycott the state until laws are put in place to protect wildlife from these type of barbaric acts, seeing that some people don’t seem to be able to control their actions, the legislature will sit up and take notice. Tourist dollars count for a lot here.