Collection:LPB

Genre: Newsmagazine

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Date Issued: 1991-02-7

Duration: 00:28:41

Subjects: HUNTING | Game laws | Wildlife conservation | Louisiana. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Contributors:

• Byrd, Wade Host
• Driskell, Omar Interviewee
• Jackson, Robert M. Interviewee
• Hall, Dave Interviewee
• Folse, Royley Interviewee
• Hindman, Mary Livingston Interviewee
• Treitler, Dennis Interviewee
• McInnis, A. Kell, III Interviewee
• Canulette, Pat Interviewee
• Wynne, Michelle Pitard Interviewee
• King, Warren Interviewee

This special episode of the series “Louisiana Conservationist TV Magazine” from February 7, 1991, features an in-depth report on the need for hunters to respect game laws in order to preserve the wildlife and the sport of hunting for future generations. It includes interviews with: Omar Driskell, a former game violator; Robert M. Jackson, the director of Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse; Dave Hall, a Special Agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Royley Folse, a game violator serving a prison sentence; Dr. Mary Livingston Hindman, a political psychologist at Louisiana Tech University; Dennis Treitler, the son of a game violator; A. Kell McInnis III, the acting Secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Sheriff Pat Canulette of St. Tammany Parish; Michelle Pitard Wynne, the United States Magistrate in New Orleans; and Warren King, the president of Hunters Against Poachers. Host: Wade Byrd