PC:
WBRC
A
a est
i
o the
Alabama
has
led
to
mo e
tha
100
cha ges
agai st
a
Iowa
ma
accused
of
taki g
p otected
wildlife,
i cludi g
a
tu tle
fou d
o ly
withi
the
state.
The
case
ce t es
o
the
flatte ed
musk
tu tle,
a
species
whose
est icted
a ge
a d
decli i g
umbe s
have
placed
it
u de
st ict
p otectio .As
epo ted
by
the
adio
statio
i
Bi mi gham,
Alabama,
WBRC,
the
cou t
eco ds
eveal
that
Aide
Th o dso
was
a ested
o
August
8
ea
Highway
278
a d
Cou ty
Road
73
i
Wi sto
Cou ty.
The
cha ges
filed
agai st
him
i clude
allegatio s
i volvi g
the
captu e
of
flatte ed
musk
tu tles
as
well
as
the
taki g
o
sale
of
othe
p otected
species.Cou t
eco ds
list
20
cou ts
tied
specifically
to
the
p otectio
of
flatte ed
musk
tu tles,
alo gside
104
cou ts
allegi g
the
taki g
o
selli g
of
p otected
species.
Iowa
ma
faces
mo e
tha
100
cha ges
ove
alleged
taki g
a d
sale
of
p otected
species
The
flatte ed
musk
tu tle,
k ow
scie tifically
as
Ste othe us
dep essus,
is
ative
exclusively
to
Alabama.
Its
highly
est icted
dist ibutio
is
o e
easo
the
species
eceives
p otectio
u de
both
state
a d
fede al
ules.Fo
a
species
with
such
a
limited
a ge,
the
emoval
of
i dividual
a imals
ca
ca y
pa ticula
sig ifica ce.
The
tu tle
is
classified
as
c itically
e da ge ed,
a d
its
umbe s
have
decli ed
as
its
available
habitat
has
become
i c easi gly
limited.
The
allegatio s
agai st
Th o dso
i clude
20
sepa ate
cou ts
elati g
to
the
captu e
o
taki g
of
flatte ed
musk
tu tles.
The
tu tle- elated
allegatio s
fo m
o ly
a
po tio
of
the
cha ges
filed
i
Wi sto
Cou ty.
Cou t
eco ds
show
Th o dso
is
also
faci g
104
cou ts
co ce i g
the
taki g
o
sale
of
p otected
species.Th o dso
was
take
i to
custody
o
August
8,
with
the
a est
eco ded
as
taki g
place
i
the
a ea
of
Highway
278
a d
Cou ty
Road
73.
The
case
is
ow
movi g
th ough
the
cou t
system,
whe e
the
allegatio s
will
be
dealt
with
i dividually.