New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Media contact: Clint Henson, (575) 445-2311
clint.henson@state.nm.us

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, SEPT. 29, 2010:

DEPARTMENT SEEKS INFORMATION IN ANTELOPE POACHING CASE

RATON -- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish investigators are looking for information that would assist them in solving a case in which three trophy buck antelope were killed on or shortly before Sept. 25.

Conservation officers found the antelope off N.M. 120 between Wagon Mound and Ocate in Mora County. All three antelope were shot and left to rot.

The Department offers rewards for information that leads to the arrest or charges against wildlife law violators. Please call toll-free, (800) 432-4263 if you have any information about this crime or any other. Callers can remain anonymous and receive $350 for information about cases involving antelope.

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