Canada: Kelowna-based hunting show host fined $4,500 for wildlife offences in B.C., Alberta

Canada: Kelowna-based hunting show host fined $4,500 for wildlife offences in B.C., Alberta

Hunting show host fined $4,500 for wildlife offences in B.C., Alberta | Vancouver Sun

02/09/2024

Michel Beaulieu, host of Alpine Carnivore, says he’s guilty of the offences, which occurred during three separate hunts

The host of a Kelowna-based hunting and outdoors show has been slapped with a $4,500 fine and a one-year hunting ban for wildlife-related offences in Alberta and B.C.
In a social media post, the B.C. Conservation Officer Service reported the recently imposed fine and said it was asked by Alberta Fish and Wildlife to help investigate the offences.
During thetwo-year investigation that ended in spring 2022, the office investigated six locations in B.C. and searched three locations, including a home and the office of Alpine Carnivore, which airs on YouTube and specialty channel WildTV.
Officers seized numerous “unlawfully killed wildlife” from both B.C. and Alberta and a rifle, it said.
They also found sheep and moose parts later matched by DNA analysis to kill sites in Alberta. Shell casings from the sheep kill in that province matched the firearm officers seized in B.C.“These actions showed a blatant disregard for fish and wildlife laws in B.C. and beyond,” said Insp. Kyle Ackles in a statement. “Unfortunately, cross-border poaching is not an unusual occurrence.”

Michel Beaulieu, the host of the show, posted a video on social media Friday to explain his side and “set the record straight.”

He said he was guilty of the offences, but that the offences stemmed from ignorance and not done with malicious intent.

He detailed the offences, which occurred during three specific hunts: A sheep hut and a moose hunt in Alberta and a bear hunt in B.C.

In the sheep hunt, he said he did not know he killed a bighorn ram in an area where hunting was banned because there was no signs indicating he had veered into territory where hunting was not allowed.

He said the moose and bear hunt offences were related to licensing issues, which were different in Alberta and B.C. than in Ontario where he grew up and learned to hunt.

“It really sucks that both these offences, the moose and the bear, are offences of me not knowing in relation to a licensing thing,” he said. “It’s truly terrible that all this has happened. I should know better.”

In B.C. Beaulieu pleaded guilty to allowing his hunting licence to be used by another party. He was fined $4,500.

Lynn Beaulieu also pleaded guilty to hunting without a licence and was fined $2,000.

Both have been banned from hunting for one year. The seized wildlife has been forfeited.

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