The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture is investigating a possible illegal hunt of caribou south of Churchill Falls near the Labrador – Quebec border by a group of individuals from Quebec. This investigation is unrelated to the illegal caribou hunt, which occurred recently in Southern Labrador.

The department’s Resource Enforcement Division is continuing to work closely with Quebec wildlife officers, and Environment and Climate Change Canada (Wildlife Enforcement) to make all reasonable efforts to protect caribou in Labrador.

The hunting of caribou in Labrador is prohibited. The Boreal Caribou, which inhabit this region in Labrador, are considered ‘threatened’, and thus protected under the Newfoundland and Labrador Endangered Species Act. Boreal Caribou are also listed as ‘threatened’ under the federal Species at Risk Act.

Anyone with information regarding this issue is encouraged to call the Resource Enforcement Division’s Labrador Regional Office at 709-896-7973, the provincial 24/7 poaching line at 1-877-820-0999, or provide a report online.

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Avis public : Des agents d’application de la loi du ministère des Pêches, de la Foresterie et de l’Agriculture enquêtent sur une possible chasse au caribou au sud de Churchill Falls

Media contact
Craig Renouf
Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture
709-637-2923, 640-6922
craigrenoug@gov.nl.ca