Wyoming man who injured wolf, taped its mouth shut and then killed it receives probation
Cody Roberts received widespread opprobrium for his ‘disturbing’ treatment of gray wolf but avoided jail time Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A grisly encounter in which a Wyoming hunter ran over a gray wolf, took pictures of the creature at a bar and then killed it has ended with the hunter avoiding prison but facing probation, fines – and widespread outrage. A state judge in Pinedale, Wyoming , handed down an 18-month probation sentence to Cody Roberts, 44, about two years after he hit the wolf with a snowmobile, restrained the wounded animal by taping its mouth shut, brought it into a rural bar and ultimately killed it. Continue reading...