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Conservation law enforcement goes back to King Canute who enacted a forest law that made unauthorized hunting punishable by death. [1] In 1861, Archdeacon Charles Thorp arranged purchase of some of the Farne Islands off the north-east coast of England and employment of a warden to protect threatened seabird species.
Albert Lewis Johnson. (May 12, 1871 – March 30, 1935), better known as Jigger Johnson (also nicknamed Wildcat Johnson, [1] Jigger Jones, or simply The Jigger), was a legendary logging foreman, trapper, and fire warden for the U.S. Forest Service who was known throughout the American East for his many off-the-job exploits, such as catching bobcats alive barehanded, and drunken brawls.
Wild Justice is a reality television series which followed the activities and exploits of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife game wardens, from 2010 to 2013, as they investigate crimes ranging from poaching to illicit marijuana cultivation.
Terry Grosz (June 22, 1941 – February 5, 2019) was an American game warden. He rose in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to oversee a district in the Mountain West and Midwestern United States before retiring in 1998. After his retirement he published several books that included stories from his career.
Guy Morrell Bradley (April 25, 1870 – July 8, 1905) was an American game warden and deputy sheriff for Monroe County, Florida.Born in Chicago, Illinois, he relocated to Florida with his family when he was young.
In 1901 Congress finally acted on the Yellowstone situation, allocating $15,000 for an enclosure and stock to replenish the park's diminished herd. In 1902 conservationist U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Jones Yellowstone's first game warden. As one of his first official acts, Jones obtained three breeding bulls from Goodnight's ...
In 1924 Pitman was offered the position of Game Warden of the Uganda Protectorate.After his marriage to Marjorie Fielding Duncan, he assumed this post which he held from 1925 to 1951, interrupted only by three years (1931–1933) spent in Northern Rhodesia as Acting Game Warden and undertaking a faunal survey, and by five years (1941–1946) during which he was Director, Security Intelligence ...
The museum emphasizes the multifaceted nature of the game warden's role. Confronting armed poachers in rural and even remote locations can be lonely, dangerous and even fatal work for game wardens. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Recognition of the ultimate sacrifice of these officers at this museum is considered to be important, concomitant to recognition at the ...