Poaching ring caught in north west USA

[Catherine]

This is terrible. A group of poachers have been illegally hunting in the Washington State area. What they did was a killing spree. They used dogs to trap bears and shot them at close range. They killed animals and just took trophies. They killed animals that it is not legal to hunt. 
They took children on the hunts. 

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...-hO-iJze4w


They are still investigating, but it looks like they have enough to make the charges stick. I just hope the penalties fir the severity of the crimes.

There should be some child endangerment charges as well. There is a tiny baby in one of the pictures. Who would take a tiny baby into the woods like that. 

I am glad they caught them, but it makes you wonder how they could get away with it for so long and are there  other groups poaching like that.