Bill C-246 Could Spell Legal Trouble for Hunters, Trappers and Anglers
Passed in the Canadian House of Commons in February by Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, a Liberal MP in Toronto, Bill C-246, or The Modernizing Animal Protections Act has great potential to be harmful for those in the animal-use community. The bill was tabled originally by Erskine-Smith in an attempt to bring Canada’s animal welfare laws “into the […]
Deer Jumps Through School Window in Saskatchewan
The tale of deer leaping through school windows is becoming all too familiar of a story. Just last week we reported on a young whitetail jumping through the window of a New Jersey Middle School and now we have another window-jumping whitetail, this time in Saskatchewan. The incident took place at around 5pm at a […]
Lion Put Down After Escaping Zoo in Eastern Ontario
Authorities were called to the Papanack Zoo in Wendover, Ontario, just east of Canada’s capital city of Ottawa on Sunday evening and found a male African White lion roaming freely around the park’s entrance. Police attempted to help the owners of the park to contain the animal for about an hour, but when the risk […]
Photographer Documents Wolf Pack Taking Down Elk on Alberta Overpass
A rare opportunity presented itself to professional photographer Christopher Martin after he spotted an elk walking back and forth on a rail bridge in Banff National Park. The photographer immediately pulled his car over and grabbed his trusty camera in an attempt to photograph the animal. Just as he was able to focus the camera […]
Undercover Fish & Wildlife Officers Bust Wildlife Trafficking Ring
After a four-year investigation, three individuals are convicted of wildlife trafficking in Alberta. Eva Irene Jennie Potts, Ryan Morley Grandbois-Faulds and Daiy Fay Potts were each convicted of one count of illegally selling moose meat and the three of them netted fines amounting to a combined total of $27,350. Earlier in the year Edward Joseph […]
Poachers Devastate Newly Established Elk Herd on Vancouver Island
A pair of pregnant female elk was illegally killed by poachers in the southern region of Vancouver Island. After being hunted out of the region, a new herd had formed in the area just east of the Jordan River over the past three years. In an interview with All Points West, British Columbia conservation officer […]
Kelowna Man Rescues Calf Moose, Gets Chased
After attempting to jump a fence, a calf moose in Kelowna, British Columbia got her hind leg caught in the fence. The video depicts Kelowna resident Marc Schoene approaching the trapped moose and eventually freeing the animal from the fence with a set of cutters. What Marc did not expect was that after freeing the […]
Ontario Announces Spring Bear Hunt Expansion
Province Committed to Sustainable Black Bear Management February 19, 2016 12:15 P.M. Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Ontario is expanding the spring bear hunting pilot to gather further information to assess concerns voiced by northern communities about human-bear conflicts, and to support economic growth and tourism in the north. The spring bear hunt pilot […]