Manitoba Conservation has released its Officer Service Enforcement Summary for the second half of 2022, and it was a busy six months, including charging 24 individuals for night lighting.
Between July 1st and December 16th, 2022, officers:
- Conducted 131-night patrols designed and coordinated to stop illegal night hunting activities, 36 of which utilized aircraft.
- As a result of these patrols, officers apprehended eleven separate night hunting parties, charged 24 individuals for night lighting, and seized eleven vehicles.
- Charged 17 individuals with hunting within a moose conservation closure area.
- Charged 37 individuals with loading a firearm in a vehicle or discharging a firearm from a vehicle.
- Seized 64 firearms.
- Executed five search warrants.
- Conducted 11 fish and wildlife check stops.
- Conducted 45 decoy operations.
- Seized 36 illegally harvested big game animals including 24 deer, five moose, six elk, and a wolf.
The Manitoba Conservation Officer Service is committed to protecting and maintaining healthy wildlife populations, ensuring public safety, and enforcing applicable laws. Anyone with information on illegal activity is asked to call a local Natural Resources and Northern Development office or the Turn in Poachers line at 1-800-782-0076.
