Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 http://www.edmontonsun.com/2012/09/25/sedgewick-man-charged-after-fish-and-wildlife-officers-seize-hundreds-of-antlers-from-lougheed-auto-body-shop i hope this guy looses it all, shop, house, everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFishingEMT Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Agreed. I had no idea Fish and Wildlife went undercover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffin Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Way to go fish and wildlife. My mom works in Parks Alberta and she sent me that picture a couple of days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDoctor Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Kudos to fish and wildlife for this bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 The unfortunate thing is that in most of these types of cases the max the perp gets is about $5000-10000 in fines and maybe probation or community service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipes Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Well, there is way more to this story than what the Sun reports here. Which is typical because the whole story doesn't sound as exciting. I do not condone trafficking of wild life. But I'm sure you all know all the rules surrounding these charges. FYI, it is legal to sell antlers in alberta. It is legal to possess antlers. It is not legal to sell antlers attached to a skull. The majority of his antlers are sheds he either found or were given to him by local community members. Something he had been collecting for over 20 years. Unfortunately, he did break the law. Which he will pay for, but to make him out like this huge underground wildlife offender is way way off. So, to say you hope he loses everything seems unfair to me to judge this man from an Edmonton Sun article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 420FLYFISHIN Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 fair enough, it was from a tabloid style news print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 The Sun isn't much above the National Enquirer IMO - I never realized how bad it was until ~10 years ago. There was a controversial situation going on in the city, and my family was very close to the family involved. Comparing the real story to how they reported it was a HUGE eye opener. I've never looked at media in general the same since.. it's all about sensationalism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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