tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21161159.post-1165459371543020982006-12-06T19:57:00.000-06:002006-12-06T20:42:57.933-06:00KTVB<br /><br />A former Salmon resident now living in Montana has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of trying to kill endangered gray wolves with poisoned meatballs.<br /><br />Timothy B. Sundles, 48, signed a plea agreement last week admitting his activity. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mikel Williams is scheduled to take the plea and sentence Sundles on March 1 in Pocatello. He faces a maximum penalty of six months in prison and a $25,000 fine.<br /><br />According to the plea agreement, on February 19, 2004, Sundles placed numerous meatballs containing aldicarb in the Wagonhammer Creek drainage on the Salmon National Forest near North Fork. Aldicarb is a poisonous pesticide sold under the name Temik.<br /><br />No dead or injured wolves were found, but several other animals were injured or killed by the poisoned meat, including a coyote, a fox, several magpies and three domestic dogs. <br /><br />Prosecutors are expected to ask at sentencing that Sundles spend 30 days in jail, be banned from public lands for two years, and pay veterinary bills of $128.90 for treatment of the dogs.<br /><br />The gray wolf is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The case was investigated by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.<br /><br /><li><a href="http://www.ktvb.com/news/crime/stories/ktvbn-dec0506-poisoned_meatballs.57578064.html">KTVB-TV</a></li><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21161159-116545937154302098?l=wolfsaga.blogspot.com'/></div>wolf sagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438677788684162110noreply@blogger.com0