Outrage after US hunter who reportedly took wolf in bar and killed it only fined

Residents call for felony charges after Cody Roberts reportedly taped animal's mouth shut, took photos and killed it behind bar

A Wyoming hunter who reportedly ran over a gray wolf with a snowmobile, taped the creature's mouth shut, took a picture with it inside a local bar and then shot it to death behind the tavern has ignited calls for stiffer penalties in such an egregious case of animal abuse.

Cody Roberts, 42, is at the center of the uproar after being ticketed and fined a couple of hundred dollars for illegally possessing the wolf while it was still alive - but so far going unpunished for the manner in which he is said to have killed the animal.