Public Advisory: Registered Trappers Advised of Rules for Mink-Trapping Program

The Department of Natural Resources is advising registered trappers in the Clarenville and Bonavista Peninsula areas that temporary permits to trap escaped mink are required and available from the Clarenville Forestry Management Office.  Only trappers in the region who have completed the Trapper Education Course are eligible to receive a permit.  

Trapping may occur immediately after the permit is issued and all traps must be removed by midnight, September 23, 2007, unless otherwise notified.  All carcasses of trapped animals must be submitted to the Clarenville Forestry Management Office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, September 24, 2007.  Trapping will only be permitted within a five-kilometre radius of the Harcourt Mink Farm as outlined on the permit. Trappers will be compensated $50.00 for each mink submitted.

As a precaution to reduce accidental captures, area residents are advised to keep their pets under extra control during this period.  Pets should not be permitted to roam freely. Pet foods, garbage or other food sources (meats) that may attract mink should not be left outside until the recapture effort has concluded successfully.

To obtain additional information on the temporary permits, Harcourt-area trappers can phone 709-466-7439.

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Media contact:
Corey Snook
Communications and Marketing Manager
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5777, 728-2837
coreysnook@gov.nl.ca

2007 09 17                                            5:10 p.m.