Judge orders 10-day jail term for bison slaughter

From the Denver Post:

A 45-year-old Texas businessman who engineered the slaughter of 32 bison in South Park last winter was sentenced today to 10 days in the Park County jail for cruelty to animals. Park County District Court Judge Stephen Groome said he would have given Jeffrey Hawn a longer jail term if he could, but he was bound by a plea agreement between Hawn's lawyer and the district attorney's office. Groome said that the manner in which the animals were killed — sometimes riddled with as many as eight bullets — was appalling.

If you have any interest in where this country is going on animal rights, read this article.

The Judge finds the killing of the bison "appalling" and "severe cruelty" and the County Sheriff's employee who investigated the incident said it was "horrific." True, they didn't follow the hunters code, but "appalling", "severe cruelty", "horrific"? The Native Americans used to run them off cliffs for god's sake.

Sadly, you won't read one single quote or comment from the public officials about one man destroying another man's property.