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Wildlife officials let hundreds of pheasant hatchlings die– critics say there’s a bigger problem
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August 22, 2022August 22, 2022Natural Resources, News

Wildlife officials let hundreds of pheasant hatchlings die– critics say there’s a bigger problem

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The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Less than two weeks after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) received a shipment of 500 pheasant hatchlings in June, “approximately 470″ of the chicks were found dead in their pens. The dead hatchlings represented more...