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SALEM, Ore. -- Poachers beware! The big elk you thought you shot just might be a decoy donated by the Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust to Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division to combat poaching in Oregon.

In 1991, the OSP Fish & Wildlife Division established the Wildlife Enforcement Decoy (WED) Program to battle poachers. The program is considered an integral part of the Fish & Wildlife division's work and has prevented the illegal taking of countless Oregon wildlife. The donation is the first robotic elk decoy in the OSP WED program and is available for statewide use.

Robert Koons, Executive Director of the Wildlife Land Trust, and James Reed, Director of Stewardship for the Wildlife Land Trust, officially donated the robotic elk WED on Oct. 14th to Capt. Walt Markee, Director of the OSP Fish & Wildlife Division, and Lieutenant Steve Lane, statewide WED Coordinator assigned to oversee OSP Fish & Wildlife Division operations in the Northwest Region.

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