Conservation officials answer Mi’kmaq calls for better moose-hunting patrols – CBC

Department of Environment patrols aim to ferret out moose poachers

Sep 15, 2017

Conservation officials are doing extra patrols in Cape Breton in a bid to ferret out moose poachers.

The non-native moose hunt doesn’t open in Nova Scotia until late September, but the Mi’kmaq have the right to hunt at any time.

The extra patrols come at the request of Mi’kmaq chiefs who say there needs to be more control over who’s exercising that privilege.

“Over the years, we’ve received numerous complaints from our own people, from conservation officers, that there were people up there hunting using questionable ID,” said We’koqma’q Chief Rod Googoo, who is the lead chief for lands, wildlife and forestry for the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs.