- dividual

- TERRACE ~~ Kalum the
- ing fine.

’ -That’s the word from

Monika’s Wildlife Shelter,
» where. the adult bald eagle

" was sent two weeks ago after

: being. caught in an_ illegal

‘ leghold trap.

“ -*He’s. doing fine,’’ said
” Monika Tolksdorf. ‘‘He’s
> gaining rae and jooking a a

better. mh

* certain if the eagles’ broken. *
~ leg can be saved.
". *¢There’s no guarantees,”
eoshe said, “It looks like it'll

J heal but it will take a while.”

She said circulation to the
- right foot was reduced after
“the jaws of the trap snapped
.. the bird’s right leg just above
“the talon. .

-ANGLER Vanard Watson lifts the leghold trap that crippled a
bald eagle he and three friends found upstream on the Kalum
River. two weeks ago. The bird is recovering at a wildlife
rehabilitation centre in Surrey,

Injured eagle
getting better

: eagle is om the mend and do-

at
& Bub she ‘ebullly vsgy fot.

Kalum is expected to re-
main at the Surrey wildlife
shelter for at least 12 weeks
before being released to the
wild.

The bird was rescued on
Jan. 30- by local anglers
returning from a
steelheading trip on the
Kalum River. After a strug-
gle in the river, the anglers
captured the bird and

Jibrought it to the local vet.
~*'Kaliim? * | was then flown
“south by jet the next day.

The eagle won't be return-
ed to the Terrace area,

‘Tolksdorf said Kalum will.:
probably be released later
this spring on Bowen Island,
or else at Pitt Lake, which is
near Golden Ears provincial
park,

Second

charged

for pit lamping

’. TERRACE — A second in-

now faces charges
following an incident in which a
local RCMP officer is accused
of pit-lamping.

‘: Terry Drake Jr. joins Cpl.

-. Richard Senft in being charged
.. with night hunting aided with
the use of-a light.”

Commonly. called pit-

: ° lamping, using a light for night
“hunting is a violation of the
‘Wildlife Act.

. The pair-were charged after
conservation officers used a

~~ moose decoy in a Nov. 10 sting
‘operation. They make a first ap-
“pearance. in provincial court

here Friday.
District conservation officer

Peter Kalina: says 10 people
have’ been. charged with pit-
lamping in two different sting .
Operations over the past

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months,

He said the local conservation
office has both deer and moose
decoys that are highly realistic.

“From 15 feet away you'd

have a hard time telling it from _

the real thing,’* Kalina says. _

But Kalina won't disclose
details of how the remote-
controlled mechanical decays
actually work.

“We're playing a game of
deception with these in-
dividuals,’? he explained.
“They think they're shooting at
the real thing. And we want to
keep it that way.”

He says the majority of night
hunting violators are people
heading out to or returning
from what would ordinarily be
a day of lawful hunting. But
they see an opportunity and
“‘seize the moment.”

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