Supreme Court has dismissed a request for a judicial review of an incident where a bear cub was killed by a conservation officer in Dawson Creek in 2016, saying the officer was within his jurisdiction to do so. Lawyers with The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals argued the Wildlife Act prohibits officers from killing wildlife that do not pose a threat to people, property or wildlife. Weatherill disagreed, siding with the province and a previous review into the incident, which was conducted by the province's Chief Conservation Officer. According to documents filed by the province, Kneller deemed the cub to not be a suitable candidate for rehabilitation. The act "implicitly anticipates that conservation officers may need to euthanize wounded wildlife or wildlife that cannot otherwise survive in the wild," the province said in court documents.

Source: CBC News December 16, 2017 22:33 UTC