Northwest Territories sees spike in illegal caribou hunting along ice roads
Left to right, N.W.T. Environment Minister Shane Thompson, wildlife officer Lee Mandeville, and Earl Evans, chairman of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board pose, after speaking at a news conference in Yellowknife on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO â Government of the Northwest Territories March 09, 2021 - 2:39 PM
YELLOWKNIFE - Officials in the Northwest Territories say hunters are illegally killing caribou in vulnerable herds along the territory s ice roads.
Earl Evans, chairman of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board, says it s the worst he has seen in his 50 years of hunting and trapping.
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