He did received a small fine. The second case involved the hunter skinning the wolf after which he tried to conceal what he did. When the case was fully investigated his defense was he had a lot of trouble in his life and just liked to shoot things for the fun of it. Shadow was a Timber Wolf. His ancestors were abundent in population until unregulated hunting, commercial exploitation, and habitat destruction, caused them to become extinct in most of their areas of habitation.
Wolves live in packs as a way of life.
It is common that around a certain age they will venture out alone to practice their newly learned hunting skills. Around six or seven months of age wolves begin to exercise their newly learned skills in hunting. Shadow was just about this age when he was murdered. What a price to pay for doing what he instintively and patiently had learned from his pack. The wolf pack is a closeknit social unit.