HISTORICAL FACTS: Cody roberts - The Untold Story

Wyoming man who injured wolf, taped its mouth shut and then killed it receives probation

Cody Roberts received widespread opprobrium for his ‘disturbing’ treatment of gray wolf but avoided jail time

The Guardian - US · Apr 10

Wyoming man gets probation for hitting wolf with snowmobile, bringing it into bar

A Wyoming judge has sentenced a man to 18 months of probation for hitting a wolf with a snowmobile and bringing the hurt animal into a bar before killing it

The Independent UK · Apr 8

Wyoming man accused of taking wolf he hurt with snowmobile into bar changes plea to guilty

A Wyoming man accused of taking a wolf into a rural bar after injuring it with a snowmobile has changed his plea to felony animal cruelty to guilty

The Independent UK · Mar 5

Man Accused of Killing a Horse with an ATV Pleads Not Guilty, But There's Video

A Wyoming man is accused of running down a horse with an ATV, striking the animal, and ultimately killing it in shades of a wolf incident last year. He's pleaded not guilty.

RideApart · Oct 10, 2025

Snowmobiler Who Ran Over a Wolf and Brought It To a Bar Indicted For Animal Cruelty

Wyoming resident Cody Roberts became known the world over last year after he ran over a wolf with a snowmobile and brought it into a bar, then killed it out back. He's now been indicted for animal cruelty.

RideApart · Aug 22, 2025

Man accused of taking wolf to bar before killing it faces two years in prison

Photos showed a man posing with the wolf, its mouth bound with tape, in a bar near Daniel

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2025

'Wolf-Whacking' Gets Wyoming's OK, But It Stupidly Got Lumped In With Hunting

Even after public backlash, as well as lawmakers expressing the desire to stop the practice, Wyoming's own representatives OK'd 'wolf-whacking' to continue. But in doing so, they conflated it with hunters, which is bad for us all.

RideApart · Oct 4, 2024

Wyoming Moves Closer to OK-ing Wolf-Whacking, But Only If You Immediately Kill It

After worldwide outrage over a local running down a wolf, bringing it into a bar, parading it around, and ultimately killing it, Wyoming likely will still allow wolf-whacking.

RideApart · Sep 11, 2024

(Update) A New Bill Aims to Ban 'Wildlife Whacking' With Snowmobiles and Other Motor Vehicles

After a Wyoming man ran down a wolf, then brought it into a local bar, and finally killed it, legislators are putting together a bill to ban so-called 'Wildlife whacking,' which most definitely isn't hunting.

RideApart · Jun 13, 2024

No, You Shouldn't Be Able to Run Down a Wolf With a Snowmobile

After a wolf was run down by a snowmobiler, who then paraded the wounded animal through a local bar, then shot it, groups are calling for law changes. Good.

RideApart · Apr 26, 2024