Authorities called it one of the largest killing of animals ever recorded in the United States.
In may in the Mojave desert were shot 42 burro is a wild donkey. Burro federally protected and considered a symbol of the American West.
Representatives of the U.S. Bureau of land management in California noted that the person who is found guilty of these murders, maybe to 42 years in Federal prison — one year for each dead donkey.
They also offer $50 thousand for informationthat will lead to the arrest of the suspect. While authorities have no suspects.
«We will do everything possible not yet arrested or prosecuted someone who had committed these brutal, savage murders,» said William Perry Pendle, Deputy Director of the Bureau of land management California.
He added that the burro are «part of our national heritage.»
According to the press-Secretary of the Bureau, Sarah Webster, in the area of the Clark Mountain Herd Area, there were about 120 wild burros – that is, unknown persons killed a third of their population in this part of the desert.
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According to experts, the suspect fired a rifle and was aiming for the neck of animals.
This is not the first case when the population of donkeys, brought to the New world from North Africa by the Spanish colonists, was under threat. This happened in the 1950-ies, and in the end the Congress adopted the Law on wild horses and burro from 1971.
It is known that about 16 000 wild donkeys live on the territory of five States, and officials are making many attempts to curb the growth of population, but the shooting is certainly not one of the methods.
