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"All of our available law enforcement resources will be used to conduct a comprehensive investigation in collaboration with our partners. These investigations are extensive and recently lead to the U.S. attorney's office agreeing to prosecute an individual who killed a wolf in New Mexico. We feel confident that our investigations will identify the responsible parties and they will be brought to justice."

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The service and its partners are offering a monetary reward for information leading to the apprehension of individual or individuals responsible for the death of this wolf. Persons reporting information may be kept anonymous.

This seems a bit over the top to me.

Compare that to this..

WOLF ATTACKS A HUNTER

CHADRON, Neb., Sept. 2. -- Probably the only remaining wild beast hunter in the State of Nebraska to-day, a survival of the pioneer days, is Peter A. Watson of this city, who has just distinguished himself in killing a great gray wolf in a hand-to-hand struggle, with a small revolver as his only weapon. Watson is a professional wolf hunter, and his prowess is recognized by the Nebraska Live Stock Association, which employees him annually on a salary to slay wolves on the range, and thus protect young stock.

For ten years Watson has been on the payroll of the State Stock Association in the capacity of wolf hunter, and he has killed on an average of 400 big gray wolves annually. Of late the catch has dropped down to less than 200 annually, but for the first few years of his occupation as wolf hunter for the association Watson killed as high as 500 wolves yearly.

Of course that byline was dated September 3, 1899.

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