Monday, April 25, 2011

MNR Levies Huge Fines for Illegal Hunting

A group of seven hunters from Southern Ontario have been ordered to pay nearly 46-thousand dollars for 30-offences relating to illegal hunting in northwestern Ontario.

Six men and one woman pleaded guilty to numerous offences for the poaching of three adult moose and a deer in the Schreiber area. 

Charges include hunting during the closed season, possessing and abandoning illegally killed animals, unlawfully using another person's licence and obstructing a conservation officer.

One of the men has been banned from hunting for 10-years.