{"id":577095,"date":"2026-04-11T02:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577095\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T02:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T02:29:08","slug":"commercial-crabber-tied-to-guemes-island-carcasses-believed-to-be-foxes-sheriff-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/577095\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial crabber tied to Guemes Island carcasses believed to be foxes, sheriff says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GUEMES ISLAND, Wash. \u2014 The Skagit County Sheriff\u2019s Office says it has identified the person connected to a recent animal-related incident on Guemes Island, where numerous carcasses washed ashore, and officials do not expect to file charges.<\/p>\n<p>The individual, described by authorities as a commercial crabber, is cooperating with an ongoing investigation, Administrative Lt. Jeff Willard said.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/12-dead-dogs-wash-up-on-guemes-island-shoreline-forensic-necropsy-dna-testing-report-information-necropsy-dna-testing-skagit-county-sheriffs-office-animal-control-unit-investigating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Skagit deputies investigate 21 dead dogs found washed ashore near Guemes Island <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe the animals were foxes that had been legally purchased from a farm outside Washington state and transported into Washington for use in commercial fishing operations. The animals were already processed and packaged before shipment, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the fox carcasses likely ended up in the water after a mechanical problem aboard a vessel caused part of its cargo to be lost overboard.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said that, based on the facts known so far, it does not anticipate referring any charges to the Skagit County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Officials declined to provide additional details, citing the ongoing nature of the investigation.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUEMES ISLAND, Wash. \u2014 The Skagit County Sheriff\u2019s Office says it has identified the person connected to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-577095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577095","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=577095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}