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Cal of the Wild

Ep. 118: Fire, Fungus Meat, and 40 Million for Public Land

Cal of the Wild

MeatEater

Education, Sports, Wilderness

4.89.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This week, cal talks about national forest closures, Yellowstone’s fake meat, state funded access in Maine, and so much more.


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0:00.0

From mediators' world news headquarters in Boseman, Montana, this is Cal's We Can Review

0:08.1

presented by Steel.

0:10.3

Steel products are available only at authorized dealers.

0:13.3

For more, go to StealDealers.com.

0:16.5

Now here's your host, Ryan Calcalaan.

0:22.3

Two former Rockland main police officers are headed to the Poke for night hunting and

0:27.8

animal cruelty charges.

0:29.8

The former officers, Cox and Rollerson, got pinned by killing a combined 11 porcupines

0:37.4

while on duty.

0:38.8

In uniform, with their retractable batons, pepper spray was also used.

0:44.8

According to the Courier Gazette, a rash of home break-ins occurred in the area over

0:49.8

the same time as the porcupine killing.

0:52.6

So for those of you wondering why the response time was a little slow, your officers may

0:58.0

have been stuck somewhere.

1:01.0

As a result of their actions, the former officers, Cox and Rollerson have been sentenced

1:05.2

to 90 days in jail with all but 17 suspended plus community service and 270 days in jail

1:11.9

with all but 27 days suspended respectively.

1:16.0

Officer Cox had previously been commended according to the Courier Gazette.

1:20.0

In 2017, he was hailed the hero of wild animals.

1:24.9

The officer helped return a baby raccoon to the woods and helped a skunk that had gotten

1:30.0

its head stuck in a peanut butter jar.

1:32.7

Perhaps with porcupines, the unofficial name of Quill Pig set these former officers off.

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