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FWC ASKS FOR HELP IN DEER-DUMPING CASE
October 30, 2006
Contact: Kat Kelley (352) 732-1225
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) has issued a call for information about four
freshly killed deer carcasses dumped in a Lake County
subdivision Saturday, Oct. 21.
FWC officers found three does and one spike buck
in a large white cooler at the end of Chinaberry Street in Royal
Trails subdivision. The site is near Lake Mack and Pine Lakes
neighborhoods.
Although it is legal for licensed hunters to
take does and bucks during the Sept. 23 – Oct. 22 archery season
in the state’s Central Zone, investigators suspect the deer may
have been taken illegally. Also, wanton waste of wildlife is
illegal in Florida.
FWC is asking anyone with any information
regarding the deer carcasses to call Officer Kevin Steinke on
the Wildlife Alert Hotline at 1-888-404-3922.
Anyone with information about this case or any
other wildlife law violation can call the hotline and remain
anonymous. If the information leads to an arrest, callers may
qualify for a reward. |
