Wyoming is famous for its wildlife rock stars like Grizzly 399 and Hoback the moose, which have helped make tourism one of the state’s top industries.

But the past couple of years have seen current or former Wyoming residents embroiled in a string of accusations of cruelty to wild animals, leaving some to ponder the damage to the state’s reputation.

Most recently, three men were slapped with charges of felony cruelty to animals and accessory to felony cruelty over the alleged capture and torment of a cow moose in Uinta County.

That case has sparked widespread outrage and was publicly condemned by the Wyoming Sportsmanship group.

It remains unclear whether backlash over the moose incident will reach the level of global furor sparked by the alleged capture, torture and killing of

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