{"id":370350,"date":"2025-12-26T01:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370350\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T01:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T01:49:09","slug":"officials-search-for-poacher-in-great-smoky-mountains-national-park-wsoc-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370350\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials search for poacher in Great Smoky Mountains National Park \u2013 WSOC TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK \u2014 A search is underway for a poacher in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">A deer was reportedly shot with an arrow Monday near Sparks Lane in Cades Cove, where hunting is illegal, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grsm\/learn\/news\/national-park-service-seeks-tips-to-help-identify-suspect-in-poached-deer-case-in-cades-cove.htm\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/grsm\/learn\/news\/national-park-service-seeks-tips-to-help-identify-suspect-in-poached-deer-case-in-cades-cove.htm\">release<\/a> from the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The poaching is believed to have occurred during daylight hours while visitors where in the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">The NPS is asking the public for help in the investigation. Anyone with information about the incident or dash cam video entering or leaving the area should contact the NPS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph\">VIDEO: Stealing endangered plant from NC mountains could result in a felony<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/https:\/\/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net\/05-18-2022\/t_6a46226ceba54730973fc9e6946b6fa9_name_PKG_GINSENG.jpeg\"  width=\"800\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Stealing endangered plant from NC mountains could result in a felony <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 jyMHRV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK \u2014 A search is underway for a poacher in the Great Smoky Mountains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[17383,3995,181571,144,6845,181572,181570,3729,3,39077,79,23767,1977,201],"class_list":["post-370350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-asheville","tag-asia","tag-burke_county","tag-china","tag-dave","tag-dave_faraday_wildlife","tag-edith","tag-local","tag-news","tag-north_carolina","tag-science","tag-south","tag-video","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}