By meadowlakeNOW Staff

Conservation officers looking for moose poachers

Nov 10, 2016 | 1:39 PM

Loon Lake conservation officers are on the hunt for moose poachers.

Officers received a call about a shot and partially left to waste cow and calf moose on Oct. 20.

The animals were found roughly four km. North of Makwa.

According to a release, an investigation revealed the cow moose was skinned before being dragged roughly a kilometre. The calf-moose was also skinned before being dragged over six kilometres from the kill site.

This was the second incident in as many days. Conservation officers found a cow moose shot and abandoned on Oct. 18 also near Makwa.

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It’s currently unclear if the shootings were related.

Anyone with information is asked to contact a Loon Lake conservation officers or the Turn-in Poachers line.

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