Where are these laws now when they are needed the most? Has funding for them been "cut" as well?
This is very tragic, for the meaning and value of these petroglyphs goes far beyond anything that one may suspect as they are the works of humans that lived as many as thousands of years ago.
I wonder why such valuable aspects of this area were not under protection and surveillance day and night? Were they ever recorded? If they were and they find out who did this, there may be some restitution but probably not a lot given what restitution via the standing laws may provide. As for finding out who did this, well that is a whole other thing within itself. Probably some idiot with nothing better to do than lash out in this crime, a hate crime IMO.
Is it not ironic that there is plenty of money out there for surveillance in shopping malls and other such places that I guess are deemed far more important than an ancient archaeological site?
This angers me greatly as I know how valuable these petroglyphs are and why they were just out there waiting for a vandal to strike is plain reprehensible and disgusting!
This is the reason that many petroglphys go unrecorded -- it may be a better option than recording them and thus making them known for the next vandal out there. 
My condolences to the Paiute people.
May the petroglyphs that were vandalized/ruined RIP. 
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