Hawk-Killing Golfer Receives Sentence

Pro golfer Tripp Isenhour pled nolo contendere on the charges filed against him in the killing of a red-shouldered hawk. Here’s the sentence he got because of it:

Charged with killing a migratory bird and animal cruelty, Isenhour was assessed penalities that included a year of supervised probation, four hours of anger-management training, 100 hours of community service — with 40 of those hours being at an animal or wildlife shelter — and a $500 fine.

Wesley R. Elsberry

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