three men from la rongeSask., was charged with engaging in an illegal stalking and hitting woodland caribou, resulting in a total fine of $18,600.
The incident happened last spring at Russell Lake, with the final suspect recently sentenced in La Ronge provincial court.
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Zane Layman pleaded guilty on January 9 to illegal hunting and using a vehicle to pursue wildlife and was banned from hunting for four years with a $14,000 fine.
Two additional offenses of illegal keeping of wildlife and causing unnecessary suffering to an animal were withdrawn by the Crown.
The other two men, Carter Cossett and Robin Lewis Jr., resolved their cases on July 21, 2022.
Cossette pleaded guilty to unlawfully pursuing wildlife with a vehicle and received a reduced fine of $1,800.
Lewis did not appear in court and was found guilty of the same crimes. He was fined $2,800.
Both men also received a one-year hunting suspension.
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Conservation officers received a report of the incident on April 28, 2022, noting that the investigation led to employees of a local drilling company operating in the area and owned by the common man.
Cellphone video and photos show two caribou being chased by three snowmobilers for about 13 kilometers.
One video showed a caribou falling through the ice, recovering, then being chased to exhaustion, with a man, later identified as Aam Aadmi, stabbing the animal. killed.
The government of Saskatchewan states that the boreal woodland caribou is a federally listed threatened species.
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