KAMLOOPS – Conservation officers in B.C. worry someone may be gunning down prize big horn sheep, purely for target practice.
In two separate incidents since Dec. 13, five of the trophy animals have been found shot and dumped near southern Interior towns.
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The latest incident occurred Friday and Sgt. Steve Wasilyk says two rams and a ewe were shot and left for dead on a ranch near Clinton, 120 kilometres northwest of Kamloops.
Two big horn sheep, both rams, were found dumped near Lytton, about 150 kilometres southwest of Kamloops, last Tuesday.
Wasilyk says there’s nothing to suggest the two cases are linked, but he says both incidents are extremely unusual.
Anyone with information is being urged to call the Conservation Service anonymous tip line. (CHNL)
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