I shot a panther!

[JABIII]

Newnan man sentenced for killing endangered panther

By Bill Rankin

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Newnan man on Wednesday was fined $2,000 and sentenced to two years probation and ordered to not hunt during that time for killing an endangered Florida panther while hunting.

David Adams, 60, was on a deer hunting trip in Troup County in November 2008 when he shot and killed a cougar, known as a Florida panther, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. Adams knew at the time he was shooting at a cougar, for which there was no open hunting season in Georgia. The Florida panther (puma concolor coryi) has been listed as an endangered species since March 11, 1967.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission have long worked to bring the Florida panther back from the edge of extinction. The population has been growing since its low point of less than 30 panthers in the wild in the late 1980s, to more than 100 to 160 adults today.

“Today’s sentencing affirms our commitment to investigate violations of the federal wildlife laws intended to protect our Nation’s most imperiled species,” said Luis J. Santiago, acting special agent in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's southeast region law enforcement office.
Adams was sentenced by a federal judge in Atlanta who also ordered Adams to not obtain a hunting license anywhere in the United States while
he is on probation.

[BigBrother]

SSS

[Mergie Master]

SSS

This

[BOGSTER]

Anyone that shoots an endangered species should face max penalties.

[Rubberhead*]

There's a couple of 0s missing from that fine. A legal cougar tag in some states costs that much.

[Steelin' Ducks]

SSS

What does that mean?

[BigBrother]

shoot
shovel
shut up

[coonsqualler]

Thank goodness he didn't kill the elusive Carolina cat, which is solid black.

[Dook]

the innerweb killed that cat, he couldn't bear the ridicule if he couldn't back up his story with pics.

[BOGSTER]

I really hope to see the eastern cougar in the wild before I'm laid to rest.

[tripleCBoykins]

That cat was killed within 8 miles of the house. Shame an idiot hunting corps property had to kill him. He clearly ID'd the cat because it walked with 20 yards of his stand. Dummy should have lost his licenses for good and paid a heavier fine for sure!

[PBiz]

shoot
shovel
shut up

Shoot
Skin
Sandwhich bags
Shovel
SKYPE
Shhhh
Shmaxidermist
Sex on Panther Rug

[nitro5x6's]

LOL @ PBiz..

Yall just thought SC had the market cornered on Rubbahaids. GA will give you a run for the trophy.

[DRDUCK]

Might be some killed here BOG come 09/01/2011. Stay Tuned!

[HartClemson99]

Pbiz: Bwhahahahahahaha!

[295PRO]

What does that mean?

I was thinking "Sorry Sack of Shit"

[nitro5x6's]

It's just a Cat.

[295PRO]

Yeah and a bald eagle is just a bird!

[Johnny Reb]

Yall just thought SC had the market cornered on Rubbahaids. GA will give you a run for the trophy.

No joke...I will second that statement!!!

[Fish]

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission have long worked to bring the Florida panther back from the edge of extinction. The population has been growing since its low point of less than 30 panthers in the wild in the late 1980s, to more than 100 to 160 adults today.

Either that current population number is wrong or I'm lucky as hell cause I saw two panthers in Florida while I was down there. Saw one on a jobsite before it was cleared in Naples and I saw one cross B-line Hwy out near Pratt & Whitney. And when I tell you they were panthers, I mean they sure as shit were panthers. There's no mistaking those things.