FREDERICTON (CNB) – With the hunting and trapping seasons here, the Department of Natural Resources reminds pet owners to take precautions to prevent their dogs or other pets from being accidentally injured or killed.
Several regulated hunting and fur-harvesting seasons are now open or will soon open. Hunting and trapping seasons extend through the fall and winter months.
As a result, pet owners should be aware of the following:
• under the Fish and Wildlife Act it is illegal for dogs to run at large in a wildlife area;
• pets should be kept under control or leashed at all times to minimize harassment of wildlife; and
• it is illegal to disturb any legally placed trap or snare.
Hunters and trappers are reminded of the distance restrictions near dwellings, schools, playgrounds, athletic fields, solid-waste disposal sites and places of business. It is illegal for hunters to discharge any bow within 100 metres or any firearm within 200 metres of those areas. It is illegal to set traps and/or snares within 300 metres of those areas.
For more information, the public may obtain a copy of 2010 Hunt & Trap or a pet owners fact sheet at any office of the Department of Natural Resources or online.
LINK:
• Department of Natural Resources: www.gnb.ca/naturalresources
19-10-10