THUNDER BAY — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says conservation officers in the state of Indiana assisted the ministry in an investigation that led to charges and convictions.
The case dates back to February 2017 when an MNRF conservation officer first inspected two individuals who were on a fishing trip.
According to the ministry, the officer had cause to follow up, and inspected some export documents that revealed one of the pair took a dead wolf across the border into the U.S. two days later.
Further investigation showed that the man had travelled to Atikokan for a guided wolf hunt, failed to shoot a wolf, accepted a wolf from a local trapper, and placed his own wolf seal on it. Next, he obtained export permits and returned home to Indiana.
A joint investigation with authorities there resulted in charges that recently led to $2,500 in fines, and a one-year hunting suspension.
The wolf was also permanently forfeited.
