Law Enforcement Officials Look for Poacher Behind 49 Dead Canada Geese
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Category: WildlifeType: News
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Date: Tuesday, November 25th, 2003
</>The U.S.F.W.S. and Oregon State Police are investigating a poaching incident in Oregon City, Oregon, in which 49 Canada geese were killed and dumped alongside a rural road.
The carcasses were discovered by a Clackamas Co. road crew on November 18 along Walker Road near Maple Lane in Oregon City. The geese appear to have been shot but no meat was removed.
Federal officials sent 2 of the carcasses to the U.S.F.W.S.'s Countrywide Forensics Lab in Ashland, Oregon, to determine the cause of death.
Canada geese and other native North American birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Violations of the Act can result in fines of up to $500,000 and 2 years imprisonment.
Anyone with information about this case should call U.S.F.W.S. law enforcement agents at 503-682-6131, Oregon State Police, 503-731-3027, or the "TIP" (Turn-In-A-Poacher) hotline, 1-888-452-7888.
The U.S.F.W.S. is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses 542 National wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 Countrywide fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 81 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid plan that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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