Oregon State Fair visitors can see and learn about what poachers are doing
 to our State's wildlife resources through the debut of the new 'Trailer of
 Shame' at the Oregon State Police (OSP) display area.
 
 The 'Trailer of Shame', a 20-foot by 8-foot cargo trailer paid for by
 poachers, has visual examples and information to help bring home the impact
 of what poaching does. The trailer's cost was covered by money received
 through the 'Catch a Poacher Fund' which is managed by the Oregon Wildlife
 Heritage Fund.
 
 'This traveling educational display was paid for 100 percent by poachers
 directed by the court to contribute to the fund as part of their sentence,'
 said OSP Captain Walt Markee, director of the OSP Fish & Wildlife Division.
 'Poachers are wildlife thieves; taking away the opportunity of others to
 legally hunt the animals, or the enjoyment one may have of watching some of
 the most magnificent animals in our State.'
 
 After seeing similar displays in other states, Captain Markee assigned
 Sergeant Todd Hoodenpyl (OSP Tillamook) and Senior Trooper Craig Gunderson
 (OSP The Dalles) to research and help designed Oregon's 'Trailer of Shame'.
 The end result includes:
 
 * Taxidermy mounts from illegally taken animals seized by OSP Fish &
 Wildlife troopers around the State.
 * Displays including large Roosevelt elk antlers, a Pronghorn Antelope
 mount, a Bighorn Mountain Sheep mount, a Mule deer mount, Blacktail deer
 antlers, and a 'very large' Rocky Mountain Elk mount.
 * Background stories accompanying the mounts with explanation of charges
 each poacher faced in court.
 * A television installed to provide information about the important work
 done by the OSP Fish & Wildlife Division, while also helping recruit future
 OSP troopers to help protect Oregon's wildlife.
 
 'We hope this display will in some way help stop poaching in Oregon, and
 also tell people what their Fish & Wildlife troopers do to protect our
 wildlife while holding poachers accountable for their illegal acts,' said
 Markee.
 
 Following the Oregon State Fair, the 'Trailer of Shame' will be showing up
 at other events around the State in the coming months.
 
 Photograph Source: Oregon State Police
 
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