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Bill to ban harassment of 'wild animals' with snowmobiles draws questions on livestock exceptions
Summary
Rep. Debo Powers' HB 661 would expand Montana's anti‑harassment statute to cover all 'wild animals' and explicitly include snowmobiles; supporters praised protections for winter‑stressed wildlife while livestock and wool‑grower groups asked for exemptions for nonlethal predator control.
Representative Debo Powers introduced HB 661, a short bill to expand the statute that bans harassment of wildlife by vehicle or device to cover all ‘‘wild animals’’ (except alternative livestock) and to add snowmobiles explicitly to the list of covered devices. "If someone chases a wild animal with a snowmobile in the dead of winter...the animal may have expended so much energy...that it jeopardizes its…
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