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Agencies Utilizing Wildlife Forensic Analysis Federal Wildlife Forensic Cases
Provincial Agencies Utilizing DNA Analysis For Wildlife For Wildlife Forensic Science
Other Forensic Related Projects
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) [Website]
Canadian Wildlife Service [Website]
Canadian Cooperative
Wildlife Health Centre [Website] An inventory of Canadian wildlife experties has been established with our laboratory providing expertise in molecular genetics for wildlife forensic science and genetic stock assessment. This project was funded by the Federal Green Plan.
The Ontario government was the first government agency in Canada
to utilize DNA analysis in the enforcement of hunting regulations.
Over 750 cases have been analyzed during the past 12 years.
In 1990-1991, the Wildlife Forensic Laboratory produced the first
DNA evidence to be accepted into
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| Agency | Charges | Penalty |
| OMNR, Cochrane | unlawfully hunting moose | $10,000 Fine and 2 year hunting suspension |
| OMNR, Sudbury | unlawfully hunting, possession and selling moose and deer | Four convicted, $4800 Fine & 3-5 year hunting suspensions, and loss of firearms |
| OMNR, Peterborough | unlawfully sold deer meat
unlawfully sold moose meat unlawfully sold trout |
$4000 Fine $1000 Fine charges dropped |
| OMNR, Algonquin | illegal possession and sale of black bear, moose, and white-tailed deer | $2200 Fine, $400 Fine, $1000 Fine, $880 Fine, $400 Fine, and $10 Fine |
| CWS, Nova Scotia | unlawfully obtaining wild stocks of eider duck for use in a commercial breeding operation | 9 Month Jail Sentence |
Recent Cases:
| Agency | Charges | Penalty |
| OMNR, Cornwall | nlawfully hunting deer (2 individuals) | Three convicted, $4500 Fine and prohibited from possessing a firearm for two years |
| OMNR, Peterborough | unlawfully hunting deer during the closed season and hunting at night (3 individuals) | Total of $15,500 |
Record Fine in North America:
| Agency | Charges | Penalty |
| OMNR, Cochrane | unlawfully hunting moose | $24,000 Fine, $12,000 Fine, $400 Fine and three 10-year hunting suspensions |
| OMNR, North Bay | unlawfully hunting deer (37 individuals) | Total of $40,000 |
| Ontario
Ministry Of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) [Website] OMAF has submitted cases involving criminal fraud, where "clean"
samples of beef, which did not originate from the animal tagged
for inspection, were substituted for inspection. DNA fingerprint
Between 1993 and 2000, the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab has submitted approximately 30 wildlife cases involving moose, mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, and caribou to our laboratory for DNA fingerprinting analysis for individual identification.
Since 1994 the Newfoundland government has submitted approximately 75 cases for individual identification, gender identification and species identification involving primarily moose with a fewer number of cases involving caribou.
We have been active in an ongoing investigation to analyze pensises
sold as aphrodisiacs. DNA sequencing of species-specific markers
identifies whether penises are from legally harvested species
RCMP [Website] OPP [Website]
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Trent University Wildlife Forensic
DNA Laboratory DNA Building, Rm A109, 2140 East Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8 Phone: (705) 748-1011 x7687 / Fax: (705) 748-1132 email: dabdelhakim@nrdpfc.ca |
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