RCMP Search for Cow Killer in the Peace
Thursday, June 27, 2013 @ 8:40 AM
Fort St. John, B.C. – Five cows are dead and seven others have been wounded on the Syphon Creek Road, north of Fort St. John.
On June 24th just before 4 pm, a farmer who lives on Syphon Creek Road called the RCMP to report that one of his cows had been shot and killed. One hour later, another farmer in the same area called to report that three of his cows had been shot and killed and another eight had been wounded. Since then one of the wounded cows has had to be put down along with her unborn calf.
Neither farmer was in the vicinity when the cows were shot so the suspect(s) are unknown at this time.
“This is a tragic event on many different levels”, says Cpl. Jodi Shelkie, with the Fort St. John RCMP, “These cows have a value to their owners. As well, three of the cows had calves that now have to be nursed by a surrogate cow and it is not certain if they will survive. In addition, the senseless death and wounding of any animal is disturbing”.
The RCMP is asking that anyone who may have seen or heard anything to please contact them at 250-787-8100 or contact CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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If they catch someone the punishment will be much tougher than a drunk driver killing a family.
I suspect they had better hope the RCMP find them before one of these farmers catches them on thier property…
while not promoting vigilante action, one would have to consider what used to happen to cattle rustlers … not any form of politically correct restorative justice but very discouraging for repeat offenders
there has to be a good ol cottonwood with a few stout limbs on it.USE IT.
this seems to me to be a clear cut case of terrorism. will we see the federal government/agency step in and provide the rcmp with guidance formulated with knowledge from the vast amount of data acquired via the omnipresent surveillance network in place to prevent and contain actions such as these? lets see the ‘combating terrorism act’ put to work.
“this seems to me to be a clear cut case of terrorism.”
I’d call it more of a case of a drunk redneck with a gun, but that’s just my gut feeling.
jb, are you then of the mind that being drunk is a viable excuse for committing a terrorist act?
Who, besides yourself, is referring to this as a ‘terrorist act’? Seems to me a lot of things could fit under your broad definition.
thats the big question, what is terrorism, and consequently when do the feds actually help the rcmp catch someone or some people?
from c-46
âterrorist activityâ means
(a) an act or omission that is committed in or outside Canada and that, if committed in Canada, is one of the following offences:
(i) the offences referred to in subsection 7(2) that implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on December 16, 1970,
(ii) the offences referred to in subsection 7(2) that implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on September 23, 1971,
(iii) the offences referred to in subsection 7(3) that implement the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 14, 1973,
(iv) the offences referred to in subsection 7(3.1) that implement the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 17, 1979,
(v) the offences referred to in subsection 7(3.4) or (3.6) that implement the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, done at Vienna and New York on March 3, 1980,
(vi) the offences referred to in subsection 7(2) that implement the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, signed at Montreal on February 24, 1988,
(vii) the offences referred to in subsection 7(2.1) that implement the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, done at Rome on March 10, 1988,
(viii) the offences referred to in subsection 7(2.1) or (2.2) that implement the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on March 10, 1988,
(ix) the offences referred to in subsection 7(3.72) that implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 15, 1997, and
(x) the offences referred to in subsection 7(3.73) that implement the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1999, or
(b) an act or omission, in or outside Canada,
(i) that is committed
(A) in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause, and
(B) in whole or in part with the intention of intimidating the public, or a segment of the public, with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act, whether the public or the person, government or organization is inside or outside Canada, and
(ii) that intentionally
(A) causes death or serious bodily harm to a person by the use of violence,
(B) endangers a personâs life,
(C) causes a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or any segment of the public,
(D) causes substantial property damage, whether to public or private property, if causing such damage is likely to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C), or
(E) causes serious interference with or serious disruption of an essential service, facility or system, whether public or private, other than as a result of advocacy, protest, dissent or stoppage of work that is not intended to result in the conduct or harm referred to in any of clauses (A) to (C),
and includes a conspiracy, attempt or threat to commit any such act or omission, or being an accessory after the fact or counselling in relation to any such act or omission, but, for greater certainty, does not include an act or omission that is committed during an armed conflict and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, is in accordance with customary international law or conventional international law applicable to the conflict, or the activities undertaken by military forces of a state in the exercise of their official duties, to the extent that those activities are governed by other rules of international law.
Radical Islam taking out our cows? Jihad I say… But then again, if I was a cow I might think of it as terrorism!
Good point, bonneville, I hadn’t looked at it from the cow’s perspective. ;-)
This would never happen in India.
This would never happen here either if ranchers and farmers had the right to defend their property with firearms. Drunk rednecks, jihadist wannabes, dumb a-holes be warned.
metalman.
how about MAD COW!
Mad cow? No need for guns because I am sure a little bit of counselling will go a long way instead. Just as easy and rewarding to reason with a cow than it is to try and transfer your right wing agenda to a socialistic environmentalist lefty. And vice versa.
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