The Fish and Wildlife Service fines John Shuler, a Dupuyer, montana rancher, 7,000 “dollars,” for defending himself from a grizzly bear that the FWS admits it would have killed anyway.

       [added 1/29/2023]

Subsequent Events:

References:

Jo Kwong, “An Endangered Freedom,” The Freeman, 48 (September 1998): 535-36.

Shuler v. Babbitt, 49 F. Supp. 2d 1165 (D. Mont. 1998) :: Justia
law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/49/1165/2467851/

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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