McLeod Lake Indian Band wants to stop baby moose hunt

PRINCE GEORGE – “Our nation learned last month that the BC Government is planning a calf moose hunt in our traditional territory as part of this year’s hunting season. The trial, or experiment as we call it, will see up to a hundred baby moose killed to aid in the recovery of endangered Southern Mountain Caribou.”

Those were the opening words from Jayde Duranleau, Deputy Chief of the McLeod Lake Band, which is seeking to have that ceased. She says the “experiment” is based on the premise that by reducing the moose populations, there are fewer food attractants for wolves, which would reduce predation of the caribou.

“But that, it didn’t work. That was their thinking behind killing the baby moose.”