Reward offered for identification of person(s) responsible for manatee Reward offered for identification of person(s) responsible for manatee
death
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to
any person who furnishes information which leads to an arrest, a criminal
conviction, civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of property, of any
person(s) responsible for the death or relating to the death of a West
Indian manatee in the vicinity of Ossabaw Island, Georgia around the second
week of August.
Additionally, the Save the Manatee Club is offering a separate reward of up
to $3,000 for information leading to the identification of the manatee’s
killer(s) and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is offering
$1,000.
The manatee’s body was found on Wednesday, August 17, 2005, partially
buried in wet sand on Bradley Beach which is located on the north end of
Ossabaw Island. The manatee had been killed by a wound to the middle of its
chest.
Anyone having information about the killing of this manatee is urged to
call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement
conducting this investigation at: 843-727-4707 x 211, the toll-free Turn
In Poachers Hotline at 1-800-241-4113 or the Brunswick DNR Law Enforcement
office at 912-264-7237. Callers may remain anonymous and be eligible for a
total reward of up to $14,000 for information leading to the conviction of
the perpetrator(s).
Manatees are protected under Federal law by the Endangered Species Act and
the Marine Mammal Protection Act as well as receiving State protection
under the provisions of Georgia’s Endangered Wildlife Act of 1973.
Rewards for convictions of wildlife, fish or marine law violation of
Georgia State law are offered by Turn In Poachers, Inc., a non-profit
Georgia conservation organization.
Tom R. MacKenzie
Chief, Media Relations
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Southeast Region
404-679-7291 Fax:404-679-7286 Cell: 678-296-6400
http://www.fws.gov/southeast
death
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 to
any person who furnishes information which leads to an arrest, a criminal
conviction, civil penalty assessment, or forfeiture of property, of any
person(s) responsible for the death or relating to the death of a West
Indian manatee in the vicinity of Ossabaw Island, Georgia around the second
week of August.
Additionally, the Save the Manatee Club is offering a separate reward of up
to $3,000 for information leading to the identification of the manatee’s
killer(s) and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is offering
$1,000.
The manatee’s body was found on Wednesday, August 17, 2005, partially
buried in wet sand on Bradley Beach which is located on the north end of
Ossabaw Island. The manatee had been killed by a wound to the middle of its
chest.
Anyone having information about the killing of this manatee is urged to
call the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Office of Law Enforcement
conducting this investigation at: 843-727-4707 x 211, the toll-free Turn
In Poachers Hotline at 1-800-241-4113 or the Brunswick DNR Law Enforcement
office at 912-264-7237. Callers may remain anonymous and be eligible for a
total reward of up to $14,000 for information leading to the conviction of
the perpetrator(s).
Manatees are protected under Federal law by the Endangered Species Act and
the Marine Mammal Protection Act as well as receiving State protection
under the provisions of Georgia’s Endangered Wildlife Act of 1973.
Rewards for convictions of wildlife, fish or marine law violation of
Georgia State law are offered by Turn In Poachers, Inc., a non-profit
Georgia conservation organization.
Tom R. MacKenzie
Chief, Media Relations
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Southeast Region
404-679-7291 Fax:404-679-7286 Cell: 678-296-6400
http://www.fws.gov/southeast
