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Vandals damage eider duck nests in Nunavik,canada goose online store
People residing in Aupaluk say they won't see any young eider ducks this season due to the destruction of eggs and nests inside a nesting area near the community. (FILE PHOTO)
A current set of Nunavik Inuttitutlanguage radio Taqramiut Nipingat Inc. has alarmed some Nunavik residents.
During regular community report from Aupaluk, a residential area on Nunavik Ungava Bay, a correspondent stated that shooters had destroyed eider duck eggs and nests.
As a result, he explained he expected to see no young ducklings being born or raised come july 1st in that nesting area.
an unfortunate, sad story, a TNI listener told Nunatsiaq News.
Not only is this story sad,www.america1063fm.com/2013/10/canada-goose-home-sverige/, but it's also illegal, said Mark Mills, a wildlife protection officer with Environment Canada in Quebec City.
Canada Migratory Birds Convention Act and Regulations express it against the law disturb, destroy or have a nest,www.newcastlesc.ca/?paged=3, egg, nest shelter, eider duck shelter or duck box of the migratory bird. Migratory Bird Convention Act also requires fines as much as $300,000 in the case of a summary conviction and as much as a million dollars for an indictable offense, Mills said.
There are approximately 200,000 eiders in Nunavik. Down is collected in Nunavik from about 75,000 to 125,canada goose jacket,000 nests along the south coast of Hudson Strait and the west coast of Ungava Bay.
Inuit will also be permitted to hunt eider ducks and collect eggs to eat however the offenses prohibiting the destruction of nests and harm to eggs listed under the Migratory Birds Act still apply.
Every year in Canada, charges are laid against individuals who commit these offenses, Mills said, although he couldn't provide a number.
This past May a 16year old from Alberta was charged with destroying the nest of the Canada goose.
Mills urged Nunavimmiut with understanding of the incident in Aupaluk to with a formal complaint, that could result in the launching of an investigation.
illegal and they do have the duty to report it, he explained.
In Quebec, the provincial wildlife department, la Minist de l et de la faune, has got the mandate to enforce federal wildlife regulations however a phone call by Nunatsiaq News to work in Kuujjuaq was referred to the Quebec City office of Environment Canada.
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