Lawmaker removed from committee after shooting squirrel

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire lawmaker who shot a squirrel in his yard and shared a graphic photo of it on Twitter has lost his seat on a legislative committee.
Deerfield Republican Rep. Jim Spillane shared a photo of the animal’s bloody carcass on May 26. That prompted a complaint to the state Fish and Game Department, which told him he did not have the legal right to kill the squirrel outside the hunting season. Spillane told the Union Leader the squirrel was invading his ch