Ethics Complaint Filed Against State Fish & Game Chief For Cougar Hunt

March 2, 2012 2:28 PM

Daniel Richards, mountain lion, Fish and Game Commission

California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel Richards poses with a mountain lion he killed during a recent hunting expedition. (Western Outdoor News)

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SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) – The president of California’s Fish and Game Commission is facing an ethics complaint after coming under fire for killing a mountain lion in Idaho.

The complaint filed Thursday with the Fair Political Practices Commission alleges that Dan Richards illegally accepted a $6,800 gift from the Flying B Ranch in Idaho. The complaint says he didn’t pay the full fee charged to other guests who go on guided lion hunts.

Under state law, officials can’t accept gifts of more than $420 a year.

The ethics complaint is the latest salvo against Richards after a photo surfaced of him holding the dead animal. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and 40 Democratic Assembly members have joined animal rights groups in calling for his resignation.

Hunting mountain lions is banned in California, though it’s legal in Idaho and other states.

Ethics Complaint Filed Against State Fish & Game Chief For Cougar Hunt

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Bruce

It wasn’t a gift. he was there on a quail hunt. The Ranch happened to be doing to depredation work and told the hunters in his party to shoot any cats. Dan was a paying customer for a bird hunt, and they thanked him for shooting the lion while he was there.
Clyde

it’s legal in Idaho and other states.

LEGAL.
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[...] observant he would not resign. A new call of news afterwards followed when Mr. Richards was accused for improperly usurpation a present (the hunt, with guides and dogs) value thousands of dollars. [...]