According to a Pennsylvania Game Commission officer, two snowmobilers who were wanted for pursuing and intimidating a fox in Lebanon County earlier this week have turned themselves in.
According to the game commission official, the two, who are unnamed and are 17 and 20 years old, will both be charged with crimes. When the charges will be filed is unknown.
According to the game commission, the incident happened in a field in Heidelberg Township on the afternoon of January 20 close to the intersection of State Route 501 and Locust Street.
For more than half an hour, the two snowmobilers ran the fox over many times as they chased it around the field.One of the snowmobilers is seen frightening the fox in a Facebook video while it tries to avoid them.
The two snowmobilers ran the fox over many times during their more than 30-minute pursuit, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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For any information that could identify the snowmobilers, a prize of more than $2,000 was given. We don’t yet know the fox’s condition.
The Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office was contacted by PennLive, but they have not responded.
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