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NL Poulin Ltd. Ordered to Pay a Total of $6,000 For Unlawful Posession of Migratory Birds

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. -- On July 7, 2010, NL Poulin Ltd. of Vancouver, BC, was ordered to pay a $6,000 penalty after pleading guilty in North Vancouver Provincial Court to unlawfully possessing migratory birds, contrary to the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.

Considering the nature of the offence, the judge ordered the pest control company to pay a $1,000 fine as well as $5,000 to the Wildlife Rescue Association of British Columbia. This association provides rehabilitating services for injured, orphaned and pollution-damaged wildlife with the objective of returning healthy animals to their natural habitats, without taming or habituating them.

The incident leading to this penalty occurred in July 2009, when a technician from NL Poulin Ltd. was performing work on the roof of a residential apartment building in West Vancouver. Witnesses saw the technician pick up live gull fledglings and place them into a plastic bag.

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