$2,500 FINE AND FIVE-YEAR HUNTING BAN FOR KILLING A WOLF WITH SNOWMOBILE
April 7, 2009
A Gilmour area man has pleaded guilty to illegally killing a wolf with his snowmobile.
Bradley J. Robbins, 34,
of Gilmour, was fined $2,500 for pursuing and killing the wolf. He is also prohibited
from engaging in any activity related to the hunting, chasing, pursuing or killing
of wolves or coyotes for five years.
The court heard that on March 5, 2009, a conservation officer received a complaint
from a member of the public stating that a man had run over and killed a wolf
with his snowmobile on Limerick Lake.
An investigation by the officer led him to Robbins' residence. Robbins admitted that he veered off the snowmobile trail on Limerick Lake and ran a wolf over. When he looked back, he found he had only wounded the animal, so he turned his snowmobile around and struck the animal again, killing it.
Justice of the Peace Barry Moran heard the case in the Ontario Court of Justice, Bancroft, on April 7, 2009.
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