The policy encourages members to exercise their constitutionally protected Aboriginal hunting rights to harvest predatory species, including black bears, grizzly bears, and wolves.
The policy will require that the species are harvested in compliance with Tahltan cultural practices and provincial regulations. Members are required to utilize each species to the extent possible for cultural purposes such as food, clothing, regalia, tools, medicine and/or ceremony.
Chad Norman Day, the President of the Tahltan Central Government, said in a statement, “Historical and more recent wildlife counts completed by the Province in Tahltan Territory, confirm what our Tahltan people and locals have been witnessing: a steady decline in ungulates and a growing imbalance of wildlife populations.”
The Tahltan Central Government’s Wildlife Department will be responsible for implementing the Tahltan Predator management Policy and will record harvest numbers.
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