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Natural Resources
September 16,
2007
Province
Offering Licensed Trappers Reward for Trapping Released Mink
As part of the
continuing effort to recover mink released on Friday night from a mink
farm in Harcourt, the Department of Natural Resources will offer a
reward to licensed trappers in the region to trap mink.
Clarenville RCMP are
conducting a criminal investigation into an incident Friday night in
which approximately 5,000 mink were released into the wild.
Licensed trappers
will receive a specimen reward in the amount of $50 per mink for
trapping and turning in the animals. As of this morning, approximately
1,000 mink were still in the wild.
�Providing this
reward will expedite the collection of the remaining mink and support
the farm employees and conservation officers who have been searching all
weekend,� said the Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Natural
Resources. �This reward initiative will be managed co-operatively
through conservation officers and agriculture officials with the
Forestry and Agrifoods Agency.�
Licensed trappers
interested in taking part in the recovery of these mink should contact
the Clarenville Forestry Management Office at 709-466-7640 for
additional information.
The department is
asking residents of the local area to avoid confronting any mink they
encounter and to report any sightings to a conservation officer at the
Clarenville Forestry Management office.
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Media contact:
Corey Snook
Communications and Marketing Manager
Department of Natural Resources
709-728-2837
coreysnook@gov.nl.ca
2007 09
16 6:40 p.m. |
