Vernon residents caught poaching

Two Vernon residents face charges under the Wildlife Act.

On Monday November 2 one of the police officers from the Vernon/North Okanagan detachment was out enjoying an evening with friends in the Sugar Lake area near Lumby when he noticed two males loading a mature bull moose into a vehicle.

The police officer, knowing that the season was closed for mature Bull Moose in that area, contacted the local conservation officer and then continued to remain in contact with the two males in possession of the moose.

The moose has been confiscated by the Conservation officers and the two men from Vernon are expected to face charges under the Wildlife Act at a later date.

Conservation officers advise that have been kept busy this fall with numerous complaints of poaching and animals being killed illegally.

Vernon
November 5, 2009
RCMP