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Man Gets 90 Days In Jail For Killing Wolves In UP
Bay City Man Pleaded Guilty To Shooting 3 Wolves

POSTED: 5:41 am EST February 24, 2011
UPDATED: 6:31 am EST February 24, 2011

ST. IGNACE, Mich. -- A man has been jailed for killing three wolves in Mackinac County, and state authorities are investigating two other wolf poaching cases in the eastern Upper Peninsula.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment says 58-year-old William Hayward of Bay City pleaded guilty last week in St. Ignace District Court to the shooting of three wolves, which are protected under federal law.

He also pleaded guilty to destroying tracking collars that two wolves wore.

He was sentenced to a year in jail, with 90 days to be served immediately and the rest suspended if he meets terms of a two-year probation. He was ordered to pay $5,090 in fines and restitution.

The state agency appealed for information Wednesday in separate wolf shootings in Chippewa and Luce counties.