Posted on 01/06/2006 9:23:34 AM PST by Heatseeker
A man from Newfoundland and Labrador has received a two-month prison term for charging a moose with a snowmobile and killing it with an axe.
Anthony Norris, 25, of Trinity committed a "horrendous and heinous act," according to provincial court Judge Gloria Harding.
Wildlife investigators said they received a tip days after the moose was killed in March 2005, when a group of people drove snowmobiles and ATVs to a party at a cabin near Indian Bay.
When a moose wandered onto the groomed path, Norris plowed into it several times with his snowmobile until its hind legs were broken, said investigators. Norris then jumped on top of the animal, which put up a struggle to escape.
People in the group decided the moose should be put down because of its injuries. Norris then killed the moose with an axe.
He was convicted of harassing wildlife with a snowmobile and hunting big game without a licence.
After serving his time, Norris will be on probation for two years and be prohibited from hunting for five years.
The judge also ordered Norris to seek counselling.
How cruel and senseless.....what is wrong with people.
How hideous.
This guy gets as much time as the child rapist in VT.!
Prayers for the Moose and his off spring...
Good. Let's hope his cellmate is known as "Moose";)
2 months for an attack on a moose. Same length of time that child molester got in Vermont.
Does "Bullwinkle' know about this? He's gonna be pi**ed.
Rocky, too, I'll bet.
So if it was moose season and he had a license then nothing would have happened to him? Or if he had a license then he would only have been charged with "harassing wildlife with a snowmobile"?
He might as well gone ahead and raped the moose while he was at it.
Yeah....why is it an argument? It's common sense to me.
What a guy! He can break a moose's legs with a snowmobile!
Boy, I'd sure like to meet someone like that. What a hero!
I have absolutely no problem with hunting moose, although I can't afford a moose-hunting trip. This crap, on the other hand, is deserving of a trip behind the woodshed.
You beat me by less than a minute. I forgive you:-)
I'm not sure this will stop him. And I'm not sure I'd call his methods "hunting".
Using a snowmobile is the Canadian version of American "road hunting".
Guys like this dope give other snowmobilers a bad name...
Moose killing in the Canadian wilderness = serial child rapes over a four year period in Vermont = 60 days in jail.
You know, thats not a crime in Canada
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