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   Reward for capture of trio in duck shooting video   
      
      
   By Mark Iype, August 6, 2009   
      
      
   Some unidentified gun-toting young men are being hunted by Alberta and   
   Saskatchewan conservation officers after they were captured in a   
   YouTube video illegally shooting ducklings and other protected   
   migratory birds. The video, which was posted on YouTube last week, has   
   infuriated hunting and wildlife conser   
      
   Some unidentified gun-toting young men are being hunted by Alberta and   
   Saskatchewan conservation officers after they were captured in a   
   YouTube video illegally shooting ducklings and other protected   
   migratory birds. The video, which was posted on YouTube last week, has   
   infuriated hunting and wildlife conser   
   Photograph by: Screen grab, Youtube   
      
   A YouTube video featuring three unidentified young men giggling while   
   gunning down ducklings from a parked car, has prompted an offer of   
   reward money from three different groups to help capture the men.   
      
   The Saskatchewan government, the Canadian Humane Society, and a small   
   Saskatchewan hunting outfit have all offered rewards for information   
   that helps authorities capture the three men in the video.   
      
   The Saskatchewan environment ministry has already received a number of   
   tips on its tip line, said Val Nicholson, a spokeswoman for the   
   ministry. If the information helps catch the three men, the informant,   
   who can remain anonymous, could qualify for a cash reward, she said.   
      
   "The amount is variable and depends on the seriousness of the offence,"   
   she said, adding that this crime "definitely qualifies as serious."   
      
   Michael O'Sullivan, the executive director of the Canadian Humane   
   Society said his group is offering $1,000 for anyone that help catch   
   the perpetrators.   
      
   "They are brutal, sub-human cowards," said O'Sullivan. "If I was their   
   neighbour, I would turn them in immediately."   
      
   A Saskatchewan-based hunting enthusiast group, the Buck Boyz, have also   
   offered an $1,000 reward for information about the YouTube video.   
      
   "Ethically — we are outraged that someone put video footage of such   
   unnecessary killing of birds on YouTube," said J.P. Wadsworth in a   
   statement announcing the reward.   
      
   The four-minute video, which has had more than 20,000 viewings in five   
   days, shows the trio blasting away at ducklings and other protected   
   waterfowl in a pond — believed to be somewhere in rural Alberta or   
   Saskatchewan — while cracking jokes.   
      
   Provincial authorities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are leading the   
   search, and Sujata Raisinghani, a spokeswoman for Environment Canada,   
   said in a statement Thursday that the federal authorities are now   
   working with the two Prairie provinces in an effort to hunt down the   
   three men.   
      
   Most migratory birds in Canada are protected under the Migratory Birds   
   Convention Act, administered by Environment Canada and provincial   
   government enforcement agencies.   
      
   The video has raised the hackles of wildlife groups and animal lovers   
   across the country.   
      
   "I was disgusted," said Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation executive   
   director Darrell Crabbe. "It doesn't look like they have been out of   
   the evolutionary tree very long. These yahoos didn't show any ethics at   
   any level."   
      
   The video begins with an image of the Nintendo video game, Duck Hunt,   
   and then cuts to a young man driving a Hyundai Tiburon with a rifle in   
   his lap. From the driver's seat, he then begins to shoot at ducks in a   
   pond, repeatedly blasting away at the remains of one floating carcass,   
   to his friends' amusement.   
      
   The video was first posted on YouTube on July 30. The person who   
   originally posted the video has since closed the YouTube account in an   
   attempt to make it unavailable. But the video was picked up by a third   
   party and has been re-posted on the popular video site under the name   
   "duckhunt," in the hopes it will reveal information leading to the   
   trio's capture.   
      
   The men's faces can be clearly seen in the video. In addition, the   
   topography of the area, which includes a canola field and a quick shot   
   of a road sign, leads authorities to believe the video was shot in   
   either southwestern Saskatchewan or southeastern Alberta.   
      
   A group of outraged hunters has created a Facebook campaign to catch   
   the shooters, called Get The Poachers. "These guys are not hunters!   
   They are poachers!" the page reads. "Everyone should be disgusted by   
   the total lack of regard for the law, and lack of respect for animals."   
      
   The trio could be facing a number of charges, from careless use of a   
   firearm to poaching. Fines could be as high as $10,000.   
      
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