WOOKIE
06-15-2006, 04:58 PM
Fish and Wildlife officer seeks dumping culprit
Anne Beaty
Echo Editor
Wednesday June 14, 2006
Airdrie Echo — A local Fish and Wildlife officer is hoping to find the person who dumped deer meat and garbage west of Airdrie and send a message to anyone thinking of doing the same thing.
"It’s definitely against the law to waste big game animals," said Kyle Juneau, who covers the Cochrane district for the Fish and Wildlife division of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
On Saturday, Juneau found the butchered and spoiled remains of a deer and a fawn, along with an old orange cooler and a cardboard Hitachi saw box, in the ditch on Range Road 34, just north of Highway 567 across from the Big Hill Springs Provincial Park turnoff.
"It was reported Friday night and I suspect it’s been there for a few days," he said.
Juneau’s only clues to who did the dumping are the cooler and cardboard box. After some searching, he found out that the exact same Hitachi saw had been purchased at Airdrie Totem April 23, but that doesn’t necessarily indicate it was the same person. Why the meat was dumped is unclear, as well – the deer may have been poached or the meat spoiled and the culprit simply decided to throw it all away.
For now, Juneau hopes that someone will recognize the cooler and report the information or the person responsible will come forward.
"(It’s a) total waste of two animals," he said.
By law, it is illegal to allow edible flesh of a big game animal to be wasted. Such legislation is in place, Juneau said, to protect and manage Alberta’s natural animal resources, especially given the population and development growth in the province in recent years.
"Animals need to be tracked and not wasted," he said.
As such, the Report-A-Poacher program is one avenue Albertans can take to deter illegal activity as it relates to the province's biological natural resources. As well, information leading to charges being laid will result in a reward.
"The average reward is around $300," Juneau said.
The Report-a-Poacher number is 1-800-642-3800 or #3800 on the Telus Mobility Cellular Network.
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TOTAL WASTE: Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer Kyle Juneau shows the wasted big game meat, old cooler and Hitachi saw box found dumped west of Airdrie.
Anne Beaty photo
Anne Beaty
Echo Editor
Wednesday June 14, 2006
Airdrie Echo — A local Fish and Wildlife officer is hoping to find the person who dumped deer meat and garbage west of Airdrie and send a message to anyone thinking of doing the same thing.
"It’s definitely against the law to waste big game animals," said Kyle Juneau, who covers the Cochrane district for the Fish and Wildlife division of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
On Saturday, Juneau found the butchered and spoiled remains of a deer and a fawn, along with an old orange cooler and a cardboard Hitachi saw box, in the ditch on Range Road 34, just north of Highway 567 across from the Big Hill Springs Provincial Park turnoff.
"It was reported Friday night and I suspect it’s been there for a few days," he said.
Juneau’s only clues to who did the dumping are the cooler and cardboard box. After some searching, he found out that the exact same Hitachi saw had been purchased at Airdrie Totem April 23, but that doesn’t necessarily indicate it was the same person. Why the meat was dumped is unclear, as well – the deer may have been poached or the meat spoiled and the culprit simply decided to throw it all away.
For now, Juneau hopes that someone will recognize the cooler and report the information or the person responsible will come forward.
"(It’s a) total waste of two animals," he said.
By law, it is illegal to allow edible flesh of a big game animal to be wasted. Such legislation is in place, Juneau said, to protect and manage Alberta’s natural animal resources, especially given the population and development growth in the province in recent years.
"Animals need to be tracked and not wasted," he said.
As such, the Report-A-Poacher program is one avenue Albertans can take to deter illegal activity as it relates to the province's biological natural resources. As well, information leading to charges being laid will result in a reward.
"The average reward is around $300," Juneau said.
The Report-a-Poacher number is 1-800-642-3800 or #3800 on the Telus Mobility Cellular Network.
http://images.bowesonline.com/edopt/63/story/70170.jpg
TOTAL WASTE: Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer Kyle Juneau shows the wasted big game meat, old cooler and Hitachi saw box found dumped west of Airdrie.
Anne Beaty photo