A man who brought another man shot with “hundreds” of BB pellets to a hospital has been charged with his murder.
John Thomas Quitter, 36, of Chisago City, has been charged with second-degree murder, illegal weapons possession and fleeing police in connection to a shooting that happened on Tuesday, according to court records.
The fatal shooting killed Colton James Abbott, 33, from Sandstone.
According to the complaint:
On Tuesday, Sept. 6 at about 6 a.m., deputies with the Pine County Sheriff’s Office went to Essentia Health in Sandstone after Abbott was dropped off at the facility, where he later died.
Over 250 BB wounds were found on the left side of Abbott’s chest, according to the complaint. He also had an open wound on his right inner forearm, as well as a…
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Days after a hunting accident left a retired Charlotte Fire Department captain seriously hurt, the Charlotte community is coming to his side.
For nearly 30 years, Tripp Fincher worked as a firefighter.
When 911 was called, he responded.
“He is one of those captains that everyone knows everyone loves. He is probably the hardest working people around here and he’s got one of the biggest hearts on this fire department,” said firefighter Rob Griffin.
Saturday, Fincher was injured in a hunting accident in Severy, Kansas. His injuries included a broken pelvis, rib and collapsed lung. According to a press release, he was airlifted for treatment to Wichita, Kansas, where he underwent extensive…
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Amountain lion struck and killed by a vehicle in California was pregnant with four cubs at the time she died, post-mortem examinations have shown. Her death came just three months after losing her own 18 month old cub in a road accident, and four years after her mother was killed in another collision.
Mountain lions once used to occupy the entire United States coast-to-coast, but today they are mostly found in 14 western states. The Mountain Lion Foundation charity estimates the national population is unlikely to be more than 30,000.
One June 17, a five-year-old mountain lion known as P-54 was killed on Las Virgenes Road in the Santa Monica mountains. She was born in January 2017, and National Park Service (NPS) researchers fitted her with a tracking device the following month.
Post-mortem inspection showed that the mountain lion died from traumatic injuries as a result of the collision. She was pregnant with four kittens at full term when she was killed. “In this case, it is also unfortunate because the death of P-54 from a vehicle resulted in the loss of four other young mountain lions, two males and two females, that were about to enter the population,” biologist Jeff Sikich, from the mountain lion project at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, said in a statement.
P-54’s mother, P-23, was also struck and killed by a vehicle along the same road in 2018.
A screenshot of a video showing mountain lion P-54 via a wildlife camera in Santa Monica in April, 2018. The pregnant mountain lion was killed by a car in June this year, and biologists found signs of rat poisoning exposure in both her and her fetuses.NPS/SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Testing also showed that the mountain lion had five anticoagulant rat poison chemicals in her liver, while a further neurotoxic rat poison was found in her abdominal fat tissue.
Similar findings are common in almost every other mountain lion tested in and around the Santa Monica mountains, but P-54’s case presented a unique opportunity for NPS researchers to test mountain lion fetuses for the rat poison chemicals as well.
Ratanakiri’s Governor, Nhem Samoeurn, expressed his commitment to participate in educating and promoting the stop of trafficking and trapping of wildlife in the province.
He made the statement during the press conference on the Zero Snaring campaign in the province, held yesterday afternoon, at the Ratanakiri Provincial Department of Environment.
Samoeurn said that the stopping of the trapping and trafficking of wild animals is beneficial for the future generations. “Together, we should stop eating wild animals. When we go to restaurants, do not ask for wildlife, and we must join together to protect our wildlife, both now and in the future.”
“Apart from this, we need to take legal measures, there will also be additional educational measures for people who have been involved in the business,” said the governor.
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (WJW) — A highly contagiousbird fluhas been detected in twoOhiocounties,according tothe Ohio Department of Agriculture.
The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza was found in a backyard flock inAshland Countyand a commercial chicken flock inDefiance Countyand confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.Who’s eligible for new COVID boosters?
No human cases in the U.S. have been detected in connection to the most recent cases, according to the release. The last U.S. human case reported was inMay 2022.
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The CDC says there is no immediate public health concern at this time.
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After a three-month lull, highly contagious avian influenza is back in Wisconsin.
The state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protectionconfirmedthe disease in a non-commercial flock in Washington County last week. It’s the first case in Wisconsin since the end of May. DATCP also reported that Minnesota and Indiana confirmed new cases last week after a summer without activity.
Last spring, eight commercial flocks and 14 backyard or small farm flocks were culled across Wisconsin because of the disease. It’s the first time the state’s poultry owners have dealt with the highly pathogenic…
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