CONWAY — State Fish and Game Col. Kevin Jordan Thursday clarified Fish and Game’s decision not to charge several Kennett High School students with killing a duck last month while at football camp.
Jordan, who oversees the law enforcement division at Fish and Game, said one student had tried to put the duck out of its misery after it was attacked by others.
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