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Game Warden David F. Brown and Game Warden Mertley E. Johnston: Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service: November 14, 1922: Shot and killed while investigating beavers near the Big Bog Dam on the north end of the Penobscot River. Their bodies would be buried underneath the ice and would be found on May 23, 1923 by ...
Game Warden A. Harrison Eisenhauer Nova Scotia Game Warden Kearney Lake, Nova Scotia: December 2, 1931 Beaten to death by men while trying to make an arrest [35] Chief John W. Burdon Strathroy Police near Strathroy, Ontario December 5, 1931 Died after missing a jump onto a moving truck Constable Albert J. Nault Sudbury Police: Sudbury, Ontario
Justin Hurst, a 34-year old TPWD game warden, was struck twice and killed. [3] Hurst had turned 34 that day. Freeman was shot four times and survived. Freeman, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)#999539, [1] was convicted and sentenced to death. While on death row he was in Polunsky Unit. [4]
As noted at the North American Game Warden Museum, confronting armed poachers in rural and even remote locations can be lonely, dangerous and even fatal work for game wardens. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Recognition of the ultimate sacrifice of these officers at this museum is considered to be important, concomitant to recognition at the National Law ...
The deaths are believed to be the first line of duty deaths of game wardens in American history. [6] [5] Since then, the Maine Warden Service has seen an additional 13 line of duty deaths. [7] From 2012 to 2016, the Maine Warden Service was the subject of a television documentary series, North Woods Law, aired by Animal Planet. [8]
Claude Lafayette Dallas Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American felon convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of two game wardens in Idaho. On May 16, 1986, he became the 400th fugitive listed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted List.
Date of Death Details Game Warden Elijah Roberts Saturday, September 14, 1918 Gunfire Conservation Officer John C. Martin Thursday, August 7, 1947 Gunfire Conservation Officer Denver Earlington Tabor Friday, July 20, 1973 Drowned Conservation Officer Robert C. Banker Thursday, March 19, 1987 Gunfire Conservation Officer Douglas Wayne Bryant
On July 1, 1905, British Columbia established the department for the Protection of Game and Forests, hired the first game and forest warden which eventually grew into the BCCOS today. [5] From 1918 to 1929, game wardens were abolished and the British Columbia Provincial Police took over the responsibility of enforcing wildlife legislations.