A man has been indicted on a felony animal cruelty charge, nearly 18 months after he allegedly struck a wolf with a snowmobile, taped its mouth shut, and displayed the injured animal in a rural bar before killing it.
Cody Roberts had previously paid only a $250 fine for illegal possession of wildlife last year. Investigators had struggled to find cooperative witnesses, and Wyoming law gives wide leeway for people to kill wolves and other predators across much of the state.
