Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, I want to give the Member every assurance that we have wildlife officers and the department has wildlife officers in all the regions, and we believe they do a very good job of enforcing the regulations under the Wildlife Act. We acknowledge that it is a difficult job. It's a vast territory and admittedly we don't have as many wildlife officers as we would like to, but we are constrained by resources. We were both surprised and, I suppose, concerned that barren ground caribou arrived so soon so close to Yellowknife and on the Ingraham Trail; concerned about the safety of people if in fact there is hunting from the road, which is not allowed. We are making sure that it is a priority of our regional staff to enforce the provisions under the Wildlife Act that speak to hunting from the road and speak to meat wastage. It is very important for us to remain in control of the situation and we do it in a couple of ways, both through enforcement, but also probably more importantly through public education. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 295-15(3): Enforcement By Wildlife Officers Along Ingraham Trail
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 295-15(3): Enforcement By Wildlife Officers Along Ingraham Trail
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 24th, 2004
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