SCURRY, Texas — The Texas Game Wardens are seeking information on a person who illegally shot an owl in Kaufman County on Sunday.
SCURRY, Texas — The Texas Game Wardens are seeking information on a person who illegally shot an owl in Kaufman County on Sunday.
The deceased Barred Owl was discovered shot near the roadway near the Mount Olive Cemetery off Farm-to-Market (FM) 148 in the Scurry area on Sunday morning, February 4, 2018.
The owl was believed to have been shot between 1:15 a.m. and 2 a.m.
Operation Game Thief is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information in this case. Tips can be submitted anonymously at at 1(800) 792-4263(GAME).
Operation Game Thief is Texas' wildlife Crime-stoppers program, offering rewards of up to $1,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction for a wildlife crime. Begun in 1981 as a result of laws passed by the 67th Legislature to help curtail poaching, the program, a function of the law enforcement division of Texas Parks and Wildlife, is highly successful, having been responsible for the payment of over $195,000.00 in rewards. Privately funded, the program is dependent on financial support from the public through the purchase of OGT memberships and merchandise, donations, sponsorships, and gifts.