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Show Hot line helps break up poaching ring citizen awareness of wildlife violations. "The poaching hotline provides necessary leads to help apprehend offenders. I'm encouraged en-couraged by the increase in number and quality of the reports." If you witness or have information in-formation about a wildlife violation, call the Utah Help Stop Poaching Hotline at 800-662-3337. An anonymous hotline tip led wildlife law enforcement specialists to a Salt Lake County auto wrecking yard where they found a recently killed moose and concealed butcher shop. Wildlife officers seized an old moving van housing a fully equipped butcher shop - saws, meat grinder, knives, stainless steel tables and sinks, and a small freezer. Paul Woodbury, chief of law enforcement for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, says the investigation is continuing and arrests are expected soon. "Commercialization of wildlife is the toughest thing we've got," says Woodbury. "No Utah law addresses commercialization adequately. It's classed as a misdemeanor, just like an individual poaching." Woodbury is noticing increased |