MNRF – Ministry Seeks Public’s Help in Case of Shot and Abandoned Moose

In Police Blotter

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is seeking the public’s help in identifying the individual or individuals responsible for shooting and abandoning a bull moose.

On October 19, 2018, conservation officers were made aware of a dead moose that had been located by a member of the public. Officers attended the location along Bronson Road in Algonquin Provincial Park, and determined that the moose had been shot and abandoned.

If you have any information about this incident, please contact the ministry TIPS line at 1-877-847-7667 toll-free any time, or call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). And visit Ontario.ca/mnrftips to view an interactive, searchable map of unsolved cases. You may be able to provide information that will help solve a case.

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