Texas Game Wardens offer $1,000 for tips leading to arrests in Fort Worth Nature Center alligator shootings on Lake Worth.
Texas Game Wardens
Texas game wardens have announced a $1,000 reward for information resulting in the arrest of those responsible for shooting at alligators at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge on Lake Worth.
According to Texas Game Wardens between May and July at least three alligators were shot at the nature refuge. Two of them were killed, and their carcasses were abandoned and left to waste. One of them survived, and officials said at least one of the alligators was shot with a crossbow bolt.
The reward is being offered through Texas wildlife crime stopper’s Operation Game Thief program, officials said.
Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to contact Operation Game Thief at 1-800-792-4263 (GAME). Tips can be reported online at tpwd.texas.gov/warden/connect/ogt, using the Texas OGT mobile app or via text by sending the keyword “TXOGT” followed by the information to 847411.
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