Conservation officers on the Sunshine Coast are looking for the public’s assistance as they investigate a case of elk poaching they call “a senseless and wasteful act.”
A bull Roosevelt elk was killed sometime during the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 25 off the Halfmoon-Carlson forest service road, just north of Wormy Lake.
According to the Conservation Officer Service (COS), the elk was killed with a single shot and left to rot without any meat removed from the carcass. The COS also said the elk was not old enough or large enough to be considered a trophy animal.
The elk season on the Sunshine Coast had ended when the animal was shot, and conservation officer Nicole Caithness said they also suspect whoever killed the elk used either a spotlight or vehicle headlights to target the animal because it was shot under cover of darkness.
The Conservation Officer Service is asking anyone with information to call the Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) hotline at 1-877-952-7277 (RAPP).
