Conservation officers are recommending charges against the hunter who allegedly shot and killed a therapy dog in September.
Two accusations are being levelled at the hunter, reads an email from Simon Gravel of the Conservation Officer Service.
The first charge is one count of hunting without consideration for the lives, safety or property of others.
The second is a count of hunting, taking, trapping, wounding or killing wildlife, at a time not within the open season.
Both counts fall under the Wildlife Act.
The accused was not named.
These charges can be traced back to an incident in September that sent shockwaves around the world.
As Valley Calderoni was taking her dog and several other dogs from her rehabilitation centre for a walk, she saw her pet get shot by a hunter who presumably mistook the canine for a wolf.
Kaoru, a therapy dog that worked with children, stumbled a few steps before dying.
After The Chief broke the story, it sent reverberations nationwide and across the globe.
Many used the occasion as a galvanizing moment to ban hunting in the area.
A memorial was held locally shortly after Kaoru’s death, and in the days that followed, funds were donated and a petition was circulated.
Thousands of dollars were raised in effort to train new therapy dogs, assist Canine Valley — which is Calderoni’s dog rehabilitation centre — and for a no-hunting campaign.
