Orca harvested in Pond Inlet
At left, Pond Inlet residents pull back the mouth of an orca Monday that was killed near the community. At right, hunters gather around the whale after it was harvested. On Wednesday, Nunavut’s Health Department warned people in Pond Inlet that an orca had tested positive for trichinella, an infection that can lead to digestive ailments in people if they eat infected, uncooked meat. (Photos courtesy of Sam Inootik)
Are we allowed to hunt Killer whales in canada?
I suspect that depends on which “we” you are referring to.
Last I checked the answer to your question was no
This is Nunavut, we shoot first and ask questions never
in many circles orcas are known to drive walrus towards hunters, so the orca demand respect.
Last I checked Orcas were listed as an endangered species in Canada which means no one (even Inuit) are allowed to hunt them. What is DFO’s take on all this?
Our land, our water, our rules. Who gives a flying puck about DFO.
Your land, our money.
Our land and recourses, don’t like it that’s too bad.
the southern BC population is in the pacific ocean, read the laws, its very specific.
they are not protected in the North, read past the headlines on the laws and read the actual law.
Nothing will be done, anarchy reigns in these lands and waters. Rules and norms can be ignored and treated with contempt because they are ‘colonial’ and we all know that is the answer we will get.
Wrong. Please fact check before posting things. On the species at risk registry the eastern Arctic orca population is listed as special concern.
Thanks Bob, some just don’t care too much about facts but more about feelings.
Their feelings that come from where they don’t hunt and have a totally different life style and culture.
For our back yard, we decide for ourselves and not from someone thousands of miles away because of their feelings.
Dear ‘Thanks Bob’ the irony of your statement is notable, as your feelings are clearly your main guiding principle. In a rules based system, people don’t get to make up whatever ‘ad hoc’ rules they ‘feel’ like. If you don’t agree then you should consider forming your own state. Though I doubt that would go over well for you.
what i dont understand is the fact that they were so fast in getting results for the meat to have had trichotillomania is what concerns me more. we inuit dont usually eat raw whale meat in the first place, as we cook it or either dry it as our nikku.
taimangalimaatia akukiturmiu inungi niqigijaunginaujaqtu
Inuit in Greenland hunt them, you can YouTube it. Aarluit. In my eyes, the Orcas hunt what Inuit hunt, so it should be okay to eliminate some of the competition. As they seem pretty new in some areas. They’re like an invasive species.