Quebec excavation company sentenced for violating Species at Risk Act by destroying nests of threatened bank swallows
Retrieved on:
Monday, February 22, 2021
On February 18, 2021, in Granby courthouse, Pete Persons Terre Sable & Gravier Inc.was sentenced and fined a total of $15,000 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Species at Risk Act.
Key Points:
- On February 18, 2021, in Granby courthouse, Pete Persons Terre Sable & Gravier Inc.was sentenced and fined a total of $15,000 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Species at Risk Act.
- During those activities, officers discovered a sandpit containing three bank swallow nesting sites, two of which were active or in use.
- It is an offence under the Species at Risk Act to kill or harm a wildlife species listed as extirpated, endangered or threatened or to damage or destroy the residence of a listed species.
- The bank swallow was listed as a threatened species under the Act, on November 2, 2017.