An environmental group is offering a $ 5,000 reward for information leading to the convictions of the people responsible for poaching an 800-year-old tree on Vancouver Island. If you know who chopped down the red cedar in Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park, the Wilderness Committee and the BC Government Employees Union are ready to show you the … [Read more...]
Time to crack down on poachers
April 11, 2012 by
With the Canadian Wildlife Federation marking Canadian Wildlife Week, more focus is being placed on the problem of wildlife crimes. SFU forensic entomologist Gail Anderson says by some estimates, illegally-taken wildlife has a worldwide trade of more than 10-billion dollars, "We're talking about large numbers of people taking large numbers of … [Read more...]
