Hotline announced for Vermonters to report poachers

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont game wardens have a way for you to help stop poachers.

Operation Game Thief is a nonprofit administered by Vermont Fish and Wildlife that offers a way for people to report law violations at a toll-free hotline.

That number is 1-800-75ALERT.

The department asks you to offer information like names and descriptions of poachers.

The department says this is a way for Vermonters to take part in reducing fish and wildlife violations in the state.