Wildlife officials let hundreds of pheasant hatchlings die — critics say there’s a bigger problem
DWR releases pheasants for hunting season, but wild populations are suffering.
(Steve Gray | Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) A large number of pheasant hatchlings were neglected and died, a third of the birds the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources was planning on releasing for fall hunts in Emery and Carbon counties.
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