The sheer size of the animal body count involved has shocked wildlife officials, in part because of the wantonness driving the rampant killing.
[It has been a] "killing spree," a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife chief told Fox 12. "I'm completely disgusted."
"This particular violation really lays down the foundation that it was people killing animals to kill animals," Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wickersham told KOIN 6. "There was really no other motive behind it other than these individuals wanted to kill."