Four men charged regarding wasteful subsistence taking of Walrus

Walrus found dead and decapitated near Cape Lisburne. (Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.)
Four men from Point Hope have been charged with wasteful subsistence taking and wasteful taking through harassment of marine mammals.
Federal prosecutors filed the charges based on an incident that occurred last year when the four Native hunters allegedly removed the animals’ ivory tusks and left the meat to waste.
The four men charged are Adam Thomas Sage, Michael Ricky Tuzroyluk Jr., Guy Step