Paul Douglas Drew Ordered to Pay a $2,250 Penalty for Violating Federal WildLife Acts

ANTIGONISH, N.S. -- April 20, 2010 -- Paul Douglas Drew pleaded guilty on April 7, 2010 in Nova Scotia Provincial Court, in Antigonish, to federal charges of illegally possessing a Canada goose and illegally transporting two moose heads and two shed caribou antlers from Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Drew was ordered to pay a penalty of $1,250 for illegally transporting the moose heads and $500 for illegally transporting the shed caribou antlers. Both offences are contrary to the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act.  Mr. Drew was also ordered to pay $500 for unlawfully possessing a Canada goose, contrary to the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. 

Mr. Drew was arrested in James River, Nova Scotia on November 10, 2009, following an investigation that involved Environment Canada Wildlife Officers, Nova Scotia Conservation Officers, and Newfoundland and Labrador Conservation Officers. Charges were subsequently laid against Mr. Drew on February 8, 2010.