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The killing of a rare spirit moose in Canada has shocked residents of a northern Ontario community and prompted one First Nations man to offer a reward to anyone who can help officials apprehend the suspected poachers. Poachers recently killed two female moose, including one white cow.
The remains, including their heads, were left discarded along a remote service road.
The moose are not albinos, but get their colour from a recessive gene. Among Indigenous peoples in the region, white animals like bison, raven and grizzly bears, are considered sacred and shouldnt be harmed. Flying Post community member Troy Woodhouse said Nobody knows exactly how many are in the area, so the loss of a single spirit moose is one too many.
While the white moose have been spotted in the area for more than 40 years, it was only in the last decade that they won legal protections. They are not a distinct species, but throughout the region, signs warn against killing them the only place in the country where such a law exists.
Wildlife officials have asked the public to come forward with any evidence that could lead to charges. Woodhouse has also offered a reward of C$1,000 ($760). A local drilling company has matched Woodhouses offer and an animal welfare group has offered C$5,000. The total now stands at $8,000.
https://news.yahoo.com/everyone-outraged-sad-canada-shocked-110032256.html
MustLoveBeagles
(11,635 posts)malaise
(269,158 posts)liberalla
(9,260 posts)malaise
(269,158 posts)Rebl2
(13,556 posts)knightmaar
(748 posts)This was probably a local crime.
judesedit
(4,443 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)They didn't take the heads as trophies. Didn't take the meat or hide. ASSHOLES! I hope they catch them.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Or very young adult men.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Deuxcents
(16,333 posts)And soon, hopefully than later, we will know. There is no honor among thieves n most likely, these assholes, either.
iluvtennis
(19,873 posts)bdamomma
(63,922 posts)can people be so cruel? A beautiful animal like that you don't kill. Sickening.
mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)A moose is such an easy target. Unlike a deer which will sprint away at the first sniff of a hunter, or in this case a poacher, a moose like that will just stand still for easy target practice.
2naSalit
(86,782 posts)And rumpers really diminish my ability to engage with other members of my species and cause me mental anguish regularly.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)They just left the body lying there.