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News & Current Events Apr 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM

Man who hit wolf with snowmobile, brought it to a bar and killed it gets probation

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Man who hit wolf with snowmobile, took it to a bar and killed it gets probation
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Man who hit wolf with snowmobile, took it to a bar and killed it gets probation
Cody Roberts avoided as much as two years in prison and a $5,000 fine by pleading guilty.
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Jesusland_Refugee Apr 9, 2026 +1835
"fined Roberts $1,000 and ordered him not drink alcohol, enter a bar or liquor store, nor hunt or fish while on probation" No way this guy doesn't violate probation
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StrategicCarry Apr 9, 2026 +550
In that part of Wyoming those are basically all the recreational activities.
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EmergencyGrocery3238 Apr 9, 2026 +226
Violating probation is the best one
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lowbloodsugarmner Apr 9, 2026 +17
In the Midwest this would be considered cruel and unusual punishment.
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garbage1995 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Drugs and alcohol are available. Edit: I just reread that you said those were off the menu.
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yama1008 Apr 9, 2026 +268
I've met Cody. He has a trucking business in pinedell. They love hunting and he seems to have a drinking issue. Thing is Pinedell has now been overtaken by rich people who may not have an issue reporting him for drinking or hunting compared to the tight knit Wyoming ranch towns. Really low life shitty thing he did.
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Sonoranpawn Apr 9, 2026 +220
I stopped in this bar a couple years ago not long after this happened. The bartender was out of her mind and they had Trump signs all over the front. It’s the kind of place you would see Sasha Baron Cohen go into and put it into his movie.
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yama1008 Apr 9, 2026 +45
You mean Daniel, WY. It does have a weird look and feeling to it. I spent a while very close to the town and I never stopped once. Pinedale on the other hand was a decent area, but a bit expensive. $18.00 for a quart of oil at NAPA.
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TwoLegitShiznit Apr 9, 2026 +31
In wyoming, wouldn't you have a harder time finding a bar where that wasn't the case?
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Brancher Apr 9, 2026 +7
It's like a thing here to see who can bring the most outlandish animal into the local bar. My wife was at the bar in our town and a guy brought a baby bison in which was actually super awesome. I have a buddy who has made it his mission to see how many bars across the state he can bring his horse into. Not talking riding his horse into the parking lot, talking walking into the bar with the horse.
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calguy1955 Apr 9, 2026 +4
We stayed at a hotel in New Orleans and every night a local policeman would ride his horse through the open front door and the horse would belly up to the bar and get the snacks the bartender had waiting for him.
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garbage1995 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Depends on who you're trying to attract to that location.
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casualchaos12 Apr 9, 2026 -15
Tell me you've never been to Wyoming without actually telling me you've never been to Wyoming
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TwoLegitShiznit Apr 9, 2026 +17
Which Wyoming - the state with the highest percentage of Trump votes out of all 50 states in the 2024 election? Is there another Wyoming I should know about before answering?
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casualchaos12 Apr 9, 2026 -12
That doesn't mean every business has Trump signs plastered all over them.
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akidwhocantreadgood Apr 9, 2026 +4
No one said that every business has Trump signs plastered all over them
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casualchaos12 Apr 9, 2026 -3
Well, at least your username checks out 🤦
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Osiris32 Apr 9, 2026 +14
Wyoming broke 71.6% for Trump in 2024. The state senate is 29-2 and the state house is 56-6 in favor of Republicans. It's not a big stretch to say that a bar outside of Cheyenne is probably gonna be a maga bar.
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Big_Lab_Jagr Apr 9, 2026 +7
And you still walked in?
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snowleopard48 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Sometimes these people say crazy shit and it's fun to act like you kind of agree so they say crazier shit. It's a way to have fun on a long drive.
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ringothefuckindingo1 Apr 9, 2026 +16
Do you mean Pinedale? 
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yama1008 Apr 9, 2026 +6
Yes, I cannot spell.
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Accomplished-Fix6598 Apr 9, 2026 +6
Palmdale http://youtu.be/2dxHOD33VUJU?si=vqP9C2qgSi1Kq9xL
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ringothefuckindingo1 Apr 9, 2026 +1
I lived in SV for awhile and was tripping I couldn't remember where Pinedell was. 🤣 You gave me an internal crisis for a sec. 
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BlueEyes294 Apr 9, 2026 +19
Cody is an alcoholic gun owner.
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ChesterComics Apr 9, 2026 +19
That's a requirement to live in Wyoming. I say that as someone who loves Wyoming (not for the people).
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StableManticorePilot Apr 9, 2026 +13
Wyoming is a beautiful state ruined by the people who happen to live there. I miss it sometimes, but man I do not like the people.
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red_sutter Apr 9, 2026 +6
Such a wild state, filled with cowboys that love playing with guns and basking in nature, but consistently vote for the party that strips their gun rights away and wants to strip mine every inch of the state
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StableManticorePilot Apr 10, 2026 +1
Pretty much. But hey it makes liberals mad and we all know that's what matters at the end of the day right.
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Jon_E_Dad Apr 9, 2026 +9
I would drive 3,000+ miles from IL to WA x2 per year as a college student. Went through South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho. It was an astonishingly beautiful drive. One of my first college buddies was from Cheyenne. This was 2004-2008, so I was actually reading local printed newspapers out of interest of what was happening. Every time that I parked in Montana or Wyoming, the local papers were all like, “is it legal to shoot your neighbor’s dog?” In those areas, animals aren’t considered “fur babies,” they’re considered things that you shoot.
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fightbackcbd Apr 9, 2026 -5
> I would drive 3,000+ miles from IL to WA x2 per year as a college student I guess im an idiot but this is such a weird way to word this to me. Its like 2000 miles, so round trip its 4000, so 8000 miles per year for two round trips from il to wa. So yes, 8000 is more than 3000 but I was just confused at the significance of "3000+" miles. Maybe from the absolute farthest ranges possible its 3000? I did Unionville to Neah Bay which is about as far as it can be and it wasnt even 2500 so i dont know lol
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Jon_E_Dad Apr 10, 2026 +2
Appreciate the feedback, calculating on Google Maps, you’re definitely right. Since back in that time I was not yet an adult introvert, I definitely visited friends in MT, WY, etc. while driving across the multiple states on multiple days, so it presumably lengthened my trip (and my mom was like, I’ll kill you if you try to do it in one shot). I was printing out MapQuest, which gave my total route at 3.3K, but I won’t dispute that your numbers seem correct! R1A1 This is Copper Mustache WSF89, wishing everyone safe travels and see you at the next Motel 8.
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Squire_II Apr 9, 2026 +2
Ranchers in general also hate wolves and the government not allowing them to hunt said wolves to extinction.
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Worried-Pick4848 Apr 9, 2026 +119
You get this sort of thing when the judge really wanted to punish you more but the law wouldn't let him. So the judge sets it up so he has the choice between being a model citizen, which he isn't, and getting nabbed on a probation violation. It's technically lawfare, since he's being led headfirst into a legal trap and set up to fail, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I mean that quite literally.
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sniggity_snax Apr 9, 2026 +35
Ah, took me a second to get that last part
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ItsDarkAndHeckIsHot Apr 9, 2026 +49
I will personally pay ANYONE $500 for *actionable* proof of a violation of the terms of his parole, I’m not exaggerating. That man deserves the smallest box they can squeeze his old-country-buffet-leftovers-in-a-pillowcase-shaped ass.
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Accomplished_Ant5895 Apr 9, 2026 +34
This plus the millions of people on their 12th DUI enrages me to no end. Why is this country so infinitely forgiving of alcohol-based violence and destruction?
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EquivalentSpot8292 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Because they are rich.
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jaspersgroove Apr 9, 2026 +9
Yep, I have a few criminal defense lawyer friends and I’ve heard all of them say on multiple occasions that you can get away with just about anything in the US as long as you have enough money
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Cyrano_Knows Apr 10, 2026 +1
He's the type of guy to have a celebratory party where he does the same thing to another wolf or somehow shows his rage-bro dominance over the woke system etc.
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Jweiss238 Apr 9, 2026 +454
This dude is a f****** monster. What kind of deranged shit is this?!
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blackweebow Apr 9, 2026 +191
Aaaaaand he's now the new HHS secretary.
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mwagner1385 Apr 9, 2026 +18
Nah. He's now Secretary of the Interior. Got to make sure he's put to good use /s
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natebookair Apr 9, 2026 +36
Had to check to see if you were joking
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DarthShiv Apr 9, 2026 +6
Interesting times 😵‍💫
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TheBonesm Apr 10, 2026
Had my glasses off and I couldn't rule out RFK Jr. from the thumbnail
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SwissChzMcGeez Apr 9, 2026 +2
Secretary of Wolf Safety and Alcohol Regulation
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ConstructionMany8195 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Some people genuinely have no disregard for animals
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Lakanas Apr 9, 2026 +10
He deserves real prison time. This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. 
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ProtestEverythingTho Apr 9, 2026 +767
Been following this case since it happened. Cody Roberts whole family took part in this torture. The pictures they took of this poor wolf with its mouth taped shut, being tortured in a bar.. this is the type of lifestyle they live, in the parts of our country closest to our prideful national parks.
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BibliophileMafia Apr 9, 2026 +225
disgusting that bar is even still open. That entire family deserves to lose everything.
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androidfig Apr 9, 2026 +223
They are rapidly privitizing our national parks and working to put federal land up for sale because rich fucks want huge swaths of the best land for themselves. Look up the Crazy Mountains land dispute.
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indicatprincess Apr 9, 2026 +79
They hit her, taped her mouth shut, then paraded her around a bar like a good damned mink stole.
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YouKnown999 Apr 9, 2026 +104
That’s so fucked up
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RedsDelights Apr 9, 2026 +16
I’m crying for that poor fur baby
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RevolverMFOcelot Apr 9, 2026 +109
That man and his family deserves to feel the same pain that poor wolf felt 
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RepulsiveLoquat418 Apr 9, 2026 +448
"Condemnation and scrutiny of Wyoming laws followed the widespread circulation of photos showing the wolf with its mouth shut with tape. Video showed the same animal lying on the floor, alive but barely moving." what the actual f***. are they waiting for this sick psychopath to move on to humans before they lock him up?
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TransitJohn Apr 9, 2026 +141
Animals classified as predators in Wyoming can be taken on sight, no license required; this includes jackrabbits, amusingly. With the reintroduction of wolves to Wyoming in the 1990s, in an agreement between the US Fish and Wildlife Service and Wyoming Game and Fish, a dual classification system was worked out where wolves would be classified as trophy game and couldn't be taken without a license inside a defined area of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (with such licenses basically impossible to get), but classified as predators in the rest of the state. Since predators can just be taken on sight, there wasn't much a prosecutor could do originally, as Wyoming Game and Fish, as the investigatory agency with jurisdiction didn't charge him with any illegal taking, because there was no illegal taking, and G&F have no statutory authority to enforce state or local criminal law, which is where animal cruelty statutes are, thus a grand jury indictment was necessary.
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CFIT_NOT_PERMITTED Apr 9, 2026 +123
He is weak and so is his entire blood line
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ReceptionUpstairs305 Apr 9, 2026 +54
Losers, all of them. Worthless pieces of shit.
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LazyAd7151 Apr 9, 2026 -65
Trust me, the suffering this wolf went through is genuinely nothing compared to many of the lives of the animals you eat for pleasure. This wolf suffered for his pleasure, the cow you eat suffers for your pleasure. Do you feel much better ?
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Bart-Harley-Jarvis- Apr 9, 2026 +44
Pleasure from eating is not the same as pleasure from sadistic torture. You're an absolute supercilious muppet to suggest as such.
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indicatprincess Apr 9, 2026 +12
Unlike you, I’ve never hung a dead chicken around my neck after hitting it with my car.
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Trollensky17 Apr 9, 2026 +2
Oh my god f*** offf, there are obviously contextual differences here
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Long_Category_6931 Apr 9, 2026 +8
Wolf licenses inside the trophy zone are sold over the counter for $20. Individual hunting areas have a wolf quota. Once a pre determined number of wolves have been killed, the season closes in 24 hours (or something close to that number). It’s usually 2-6 wolves per hunt area and those numbers vary year to year. Problem wolves depredation on livestock are killed by the government.
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yama1008 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Haven't you heard of the ranchers 3 S saying? Shoot Shovel Shut up
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ReceptionUpstairs305 Apr 9, 2026 +30
So, Wyoming thinks it's the 1800s.
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ChemsAndCutthroats Apr 9, 2026 +23
If they want to be in the 1800's so much perhaps they should live like it. Make it so that they have to hunt and fish like they were in the 1800's. No snowmobiles or ATVs, no fancy rifles with thermal optics, no 100k pickup trucks, no drones, and no modern hunting gear. Let's see how those fatasses do in the elements without modern technology. Perhaps other animals outside of cows and sheep will have a chance to live in that state. Wyoming is basically a small part rich part-timers coming to enjoy their cottages once a year, cows, and oil.
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greendestinyster Apr 9, 2026 +13
You know what was much more viable in the 1800s? Vigilantism
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konosyn Apr 9, 2026 +7
Erect the gallows, lads!
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qosthanatos Apr 9, 2026 +148
You have to be sick in the head to do something like this to a living creature, animal or human.
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BibliophileMafia Apr 9, 2026 +166
He did this in a bar full of people, people who cheered on the torture of an injured animal. His aunt, who owns the bar, is proud of what happened. His wife took pictures of herself in wolf skins gloating about her husbands actions. These are not people who should be accepted in any polite society. No one should give them any business. They should be shunned by everyone. If they can do this in a public setting I shudder to think what these monsters do behind closed doors. He's not sorry for the torture of an animal, he's sorry he got caught. Absolutely disgusting he gets to walk free after what he did.
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DelcoPAMan Apr 9, 2026 +22
Completely agree.
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VisceralMonkey Apr 9, 2026 +185
Chickenshit weasel f***.
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bighootay Apr 9, 2026 +49
Nothing but truth
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GamingWithBilly Apr 9, 2026 +77
If you hit a deer with your car, the humane thing is to put it out of its misery.  You don't strap it to your car, drive to a bar, and beat it to death.  That's cruel and unusual animal abuse.  Doesn't matter if it's a rat, cat, dog, deer, wolf or any living thing.  You don't let wounded animals languish in pain and misery for entertainment.  So when a backwards inbred piece of scum, lower than a cockroach missing 5 legs, runs over a wolf with a snowmobile, and hauls it to a bar to torture...they shouldn't have offered any deal at all.  That should have gone through full trial to make an example of what the worst of a human will get for such deplorable acts.
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PVT_Huds0n Apr 9, 2026 +23
People that can torture animals to death like that are definitely able to do it humans. This guy walking free will undoubtedly end up with someone getting murdered if it hasn't already happened.
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ABearDream Apr 9, 2026 +2
You dont even have to do it, often call the sherrifs office and they'll send someone out to dispatch the animal so you don't cause additional suffering trying to kill Bambi with a tire iron
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TroublesomeTurnip Apr 9, 2026 +149
I don't really care if killing animals leads to killing people, that whole narrative is irrelevant imo. The outrage should *start* with animal harm and torture without having to think about my fellow humans. I don't need to think 'ah but what about poor jonny' to hate an abusive, vile monster. Hurting animals is wrong. Period.
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SpookyDoings Apr 9, 2026 +53
Absolutely. "They'll hurt people later" okay, they're hurting living creatures NOW. Stop them.
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Smooth-Boss-911 Apr 9, 2026 +333
The words I want to say will get me banned. Also animal cruelty is often an indicator of future human cruelty :)
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Coakis Apr 9, 2026 +114
Or current. A dude this old has probably been this way for a long long time.
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ReceptionUpstairs305 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Oh, mine will, too.
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atomicskiracer Apr 9, 2026 +31
You absolutely already know how this guy voted
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huxtiblejones Apr 9, 2026 +17
'Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by what is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?' - Pierre Troubetzkoy
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EMPgoggles Apr 9, 2026 +11
animal cruelty is despicable. they deserve to lose everything.
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JoplinSC742 Apr 9, 2026 +34
This is my first time hearing about this and my only thought is "that's f****** it?!"
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chele68 Apr 9, 2026 +10
His name is Cody Roberts and he pled guilty to felony animal cruelty. I hope he’s miserable for the rest of his life.
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Swordf1sh_ Apr 9, 2026 +19
May this horrible excuse for a human never know peace. Also what a pathetic sentence. I bet the judge just wishes he’d been there.
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Icy_Program_8015 Apr 9, 2026 +9
i hope he dies the way he lived, like a lot backwards f****** people in these places always do. lonely and unloved.
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limma Apr 9, 2026 +8
Disgusting and awful piece of garbage.
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IsThisKismet Apr 9, 2026 +35
> Wyoming law gives wide leeway for people to kill wolves and other predators by a variety of means in the vast majority of the state. They shouldn’t.
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GamingWithBilly Apr 9, 2026 +22
It's wild to think Wyoming has a 'kill on site' rule for any predator.  Does it apply to child predators?  
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ReceptionUpstairs305 Apr 9, 2026 +10
They're backward-ass country fucks.
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Ghostrider556 Apr 9, 2026 +4
I mean thats a lot of rural areas tbh. You are usually cleared to kill any predators on sight, especially if they are on your property. The crazy part to me is that you can often set traps as well which can be dangerous for a variety of reasons
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porkypine666 Apr 9, 2026 +7
Dude should be in jail. It's absolutely horrific what he did.
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Spiritual-Driver8926 Apr 9, 2026 +7
What happened to all the new laws about animal cruelty?
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silverado6314 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Tape his mouth shut and toss him into a federal penitentiary.
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edcushway Apr 9, 2026 +5
What a piece of garbage
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HowlingWolven Apr 9, 2026 +5
And despite this, it’s still legal to run down predators with sleds in Wyoming.
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suplexhell Apr 9, 2026 +16
it would be so sick if a wolf could drive a car
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nyg1219 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Anybody remember when people were trying to teach dogs to drive cars?
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Fickle-Albatross6193 Apr 9, 2026 +4
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cmotolion Apr 9, 2026 +4
What a waste of human life. How messed up in the head do you have to be to do this?
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Ok_Database_8426 Apr 9, 2026 +3
he’ll probably run for office now
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qnssekr Apr 9, 2026 +3
Typical. This is how justice looks like because this is the world we live in now. On a side note, make his life miserable.
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pro_No Apr 9, 2026 +1
Always been this way, you just have a phone now
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reddit-Evan_ Apr 9, 2026 +4
Did he lose his hunting license?!?
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DelcoPAMan Apr 9, 2026 +5
This was sadism. It is indefensible.
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Varorson Apr 9, 2026 +11
Thought the article would be about RFK Jr. until I saw "gets probation".
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skiborobo Apr 9, 2026 +3
That guy is 44?? Jeez!
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joker0812 Apr 9, 2026 +3
What in the RFK Jr is this shit?
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free2bk8 Apr 9, 2026 +3
His hell is coming. That is my only solace.
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besos2400 Apr 9, 2026 +23
What does he do for living ? Where does he work? So we make sure we cancel this MF !!!!
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RealMDClassic Apr 9, 2026 +17
C Roberts Trucking LLC. is apparently the name of his trucking company as of 2024.
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princessofparmesia Apr 9, 2026 +6
What a vile, shitty excuse for a human being.
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d3vilm4n60 Apr 9, 2026 +2
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DrPuzzle Apr 9, 2026 +2
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DrPixelFace Apr 9, 2026 +2
At this rate he is going to be your next secretary of state or some shit
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newarkian Apr 9, 2026 +2
RFK will get him pardoned…
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IrateArchitect Apr 9, 2026 +2
This is awful but at no point during that title could I have guessed the next words.
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Mutex70 Apr 10, 2026 +2
When some random does this it's a court trial. When RFK Jr. does this, it's a normal Tuesday night.
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Sea-Paramedic-1842 Apr 10, 2026 +2
How very rfk jr of him 
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schlamster Apr 9, 2026 +5
So if someone does the same to him, does they get a probation 
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Moonunit08 Apr 9, 2026 +3
What a f****** tool. I bet he’s a Christian maga supporter too. It’s a living thing you pos. Kill it with respect and dignity. How any Person can be like this is beyond me. Zero respect for life.
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BlueEyes294 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Those who torture animals for fun are often young men in trouble. This guy is an old overweight alcoholic. Who tortured him when he was a kid? Normal folks don’t do this. Just another reason never to visit nor purchase anything from Wyoming. ick
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gravescd Apr 9, 2026 +2
I can't be the only person who briefly saw RFK Jr in the thumbnail after reading the thread title
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NoMayoForReal Apr 9, 2026 +2
Dude should apply for a job with RFK Jr.
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BassLB Apr 9, 2026
RFK Jr is lucky he knows people in high places
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wutImiss Apr 9, 2026
Wait, this isn't RFK jr? 🤔 sure fooled me 😑
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Deep-Sample7451 Apr 9, 2026 +1
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1nitial_Reaction Apr 9, 2026 +1
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No_Sherbert4143 Apr 9, 2026 +1
M-My kind 3: \*Sniffle\*
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Creative-Hyena-2666 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Why tape its mouth shut?
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Maplecook Apr 10, 2026 +1
I was expecting to read the RFK cooked and ate it. lol
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Away_Corner_6617 Apr 10, 2026 +1
Would be a shame if something happens to him when he inevitably goes to a bar in like a week 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺💀
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whitenoise2323 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Does this count as headline gore?
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inductiononN Apr 9, 2026
r/titlegore
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whitenoise2323 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Yeah that
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CasualAffair Apr 9, 2026 +3
Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing really fucked me up
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bloodandsunshine Apr 9, 2026 +1
We treat animals like shit and get upset at this while factory farmed meat feeds 97% of North America.  Whats the disconnect?
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fling_flang Apr 9, 2026 +1
make gulags great again
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GuthramNaysayer Apr 9, 2026
Looks like Kim Jong Un
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Intertravel Apr 9, 2026 -2
I was reading he just thought it was someone’s dog so I thought maybe he was trying to save it?
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Adventurous-Tea-876 Apr 9, 2026 -4
I guess it’s illegal to have a good time now. smh
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