How many animals do poachers kill in Montana?
A. No one knows for sure, but officials suspect the poachers’ kill is significant and that the problem is widespread. Poachers do not confine their killing only to game animals. Poachers also kill and waste threatened, endangered, and nongame wildlife. In just one recent Montana case, a poaching ring in operation from 1990-2002 killed more than a hundred of trophy-class game animals, including elk, deer, moose, bear, and antelope.
