Prosecutors said the men had high-powered rifles and tactical gear, including night vision goggles, as they targeted the burros in a remote area northeast of Barstow.
FILE – In this Aug. 7, 1999 file photo, two wild burros wander through a canyon in the Hualapai Reservation, Ariz. Feral burros are found in the deserts of California, Arizona and Nevada. RIVERSIDE — Two men who used high-powered rifles to kill three wild burros in Southern California’s Mojave Desert more than two years ago pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges related to the shootings, prosecutors said.
John Feikema of Yorba Linda, California, and Christopher James Arnet of Loveland, Colorado, each pleaded guilty to one felony count of possessing an unregistered short-barreled rifle and one misdemeanor count of maliciously causing the death of a burro on public lands, the statement said.
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