The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking the public’s help to identify the culprit who shot multiple holes in a water tank located along the Rattles-nake Mesa Road near Klondyke sometime be-tween October 21-25.

The damaged water tank provides a crucial watering spot for wildlife and cattle, and the ranch where it is located provides crucial access for hunters and other outdoor recreationists to a huge expanse of wild and rugged country.

“Such acts of wanton vandalism cannot only impact wildlife but injure longstanding relationships with ranchers who cooperate by providing continuing access to vast tracts of public land,” Wildlife Manager John Bacorn said. Hunters can help by becoming watchdogs to help stop such vandalism. Anyone with information on this case or others is asked to call the Game and Fish Department’s Opera-tion Game Thief at 1-800-352-0700.

Al Eiden with the Game and Fish Department’s Landowner Relations Pro-gram said improving relationships between the landowners and the hunting community is a top priority for the Game and Fish Department.

“Through the relationships this program has established, the Game and Fish Department has ensured that hundreds of thousands of acres of property remain open to hunters while simultaneously working with sportsmen and hunting organizations to encourage ethical use of lands open to hunting and respect for landowners and their operations,” Eiden said.