Book Thrown at Killer of Idaho Wolf

Kloskowski fined $15,000

3-8-99

Other than Chad McKittrick, they got off easy with $500 fines. This stopped, however when the first convicted killer of an Idaho wolf (he pled guilty), Dan Kloskowski was sentenced today. According a news release from the Wolf Justice League:

In a two-hour (approx.) proceeding in Federal Court this morning, Daniel Thomas Kloskowski of Eden Prairie, Minnesota was fined $10,000.00 plus restitution costs of $5,477.00 for killing a federally-protected wolf while on a guided hunting trip in central Idaho last September.

Sentencing also includes 30 days home detention (house arrest), followed by an additional year of supervised release (probation). Kloskowski will also pay costs relating to the ankle monitoring device.

Hunting privileges nationwide have been suspended for 1 year.

The Federal Prosecutors office in Boise (possibly in conjunction with USFWS Law Enforcement) will be issuing a press release with additional details.

Many thanks to Paul Weyland, Investigator for USFWS who collared Kloskowski; to George Breitsameter, U.S.Attorney who successfully prosecuted the case; to Judge Edward Lodge, for setting the bar higher than where it was previously (2- $500 fines in Wyoming, a non-prosecution in Arizona); and thanks to Idaho for protecting wildlife and enforcing wildlife law.

Kloslowski shot and killed wolf B60F of the Chamberlain Basin Pack this autumn near the hunting camp where he was staying in the central Idaho wilderness.

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