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B.C. man fined $5,100 for 'unlawfully harvesting' Roosevelt elk (bc.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by grte@lemmy.ca to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca

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[–] phx@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Authorities said the seized the elk meat was donated to the Stz'uminus First Nation, and that the majority of Watson-Harley's fine would be given to the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation

This seems a good way to go about it. I wonder if they do the same for animals that are destroyed (e.g bears too acclimated to humans) or killed in vehicular collision etc

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I worked at a zoo and the conservation officers would sometimes drop off freshly killed deer or moose that were struck by vehicles but not too damaged (i.e. guts didn't burst). They were the highlight of the week for the wolves and cougars.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Did any of them learn to identify the officers or their vehicle?

"Hey guys, it's that dude again. You know what that means!"