The remains of 26 wild reindeer were found in the north of Sakhalin, the prosecutor’s office organized an examination. It has been reported DEA News With reference to the Forestry and Hunting Agency of the Sakhalin Region.
Forestry workers found them on February 24 at the next raid on wildlife conservation and conservation in a remote location in the Okhinsky district.
Currently, materials are being prepared for their submission to law enforcement agencies. The agency representative said that poachers face criminal liability with mandatory compensation for the damage they have done to nature.
He also said that the wild reindeer population on Sakhalin is listed in the Red Book of the region, in total there are about two thousand individuals in the area.
Earlier, a video appeared on social networks and local media showing the remains of the killed deer. According to the author of the video, poachers killed 25 animals, 13 of which were females, in the Okha region. The prosecutor’s office of the Sakhalin region told the agency that an investigation was held on this fact.
In 2020, four subspecies of reindeer were listed in the Red Book of Russia. The number of wild reindeer in the Russian Federation is not more than 1 million. The largest population lives in Taimyr, in Evenkia and Yakutia.
It has been reported twice before in Baikal. augmented number of poachers