Monday, July 13, 2009

Hunting Fine

An Oshawa man faces a two thousand dollar fine for illegally huntingin northwestern Ontario.

The MNR says a calf moose had been killed along a logging road eastof Ear Falls this past fall.

A conservation officer encounted a hunting party in the area andafter a lenghthy investigation, it was determined the moose hadbeen shot while one of the hunters was standing in the road near an intersection.

Rodolfo Kovic has been fined 15 hundred dollars for careless huntingand 500 dollars for providing a false statement to a conservation officer.