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Dumped deer carcasses point to poachers
Antlers ripped off heads, meat untouched
By Ben Gelinas, The Edmonton JournalApril 21, 2009 7:00
Edmonton Journal
Three deer carcasses were dumped on the weekend in Bonnie Doon, on the edge of Mill Creek Ravine.
Each appeared to be cut into sections, antlers ripped from their heads.
Fish and Wildlife officers say the bucks were likely poached. Hunting season ended in late December, but deer should have lost their antlers by now, leaving officers to wonder if these animals were killed some time ago. Regardless, those responsible face charges.
"It is illegal to spoil, abandon or destroy the edible portions of hunted animals," Fish and Wildlife spokesman Darcy Whiteside said Monday.
"Within the city it would be littering as well, oddly enough."
The carcasses were found on the grass just off the dead end of 92nd Avenue that runs along a school yard at 96th Street.
Nancy Rempel, president of the Bonnie Doon Community League, walked by the spot Friday night around 9 p.m. and saw nothing. The deer carcasses were found the next morning.
"The meat was rotting and the pelts were intact," a disgusted Rempel said. "Whoever did it was so lazy they didn't even bother to drag them into the ravine."
She said the dead-end on the edge of the ravine is the source of a lot of questionable activity. The lighting is poor there.
"Maybe some people think deer are a dime a dozen, but it's a life," Rempel said
"It's so incredibly disrespectful. Why would you kill and animal and then let it rot?"
Officers have collected DNA from the carcasses, but they say investigations rely heavily on public tips.
"Antlers can be sold in black markets or the individual could have just wanted them for themselves," Whiteside said. "Typically, we can have issues with people dumping carcasses close to city limits, but for three carcasses being dropped within the city? This is pretty rare."
Dumped deer carcasses point to poachers
Antlers ripped off heads, meat untouched
By Ben Gelinas, The Edmonton JournalApril 21, 2009 7:00
Edmonton Journal
Three deer carcasses were dumped on the weekend in Bonnie Doon, on the edge of Mill Creek Ravine.
Each appeared to be cut into sections, antlers ripped from their heads.
Fish and Wildlife officers say the bucks were likely poached. Hunting season ended in late December, but deer should have lost their antlers by now, leaving officers to wonder if these animals were killed some time ago. Regardless, those responsible face charges.
"It is illegal to spoil, abandon or destroy the edible portions of hunted animals," Fish and Wildlife spokesman Darcy Whiteside said Monday.
"Within the city it would be littering as well, oddly enough."
The carcasses were found on the grass just off the dead end of 92nd Avenue that runs along a school yard at 96th Street.
Nancy Rempel, president of the Bonnie Doon Community League, walked by the spot Friday night around 9 p.m. and saw nothing. The deer carcasses were found the next morning.
"The meat was rotting and the pelts were intact," a disgusted Rempel said. "Whoever did it was so lazy they didn't even bother to drag them into the ravine."
She said the dead-end on the edge of the ravine is the source of a lot of questionable activity. The lighting is poor there.
"Maybe some people think deer are a dime a dozen, but it's a life," Rempel said
"It's so incredibly disrespectful. Why would you kill and animal and then let it rot?"
Officers have collected DNA from the carcasses, but they say investigations rely heavily on public tips.
"Antlers can be sold in black markets or the individual could have just wanted them for themselves," Whiteside said. "Typically, we can have issues with people dumping carcasses close to city limits, but for three carcasses being dropped within the city? This is pretty rare."
