Safari Club International Alberta Chapter (ABSCI) and Public Action for Wildlife Society (PAWS) Set Record Straight on Kelley Appeal and Metis Hunting Rights.

Canadian Corporate News, February, 2007

CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 20, 2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- Tired of reading claims that a recent Court of Queen's Bench decision grants extensive hunting and fishing rights to all Metis people, two Alberta wildlife groups are trying to set the record straight.

On January 23, 2007, Mr. Justice Verville of the Court of Queen's Bench gave his decision in an appeal by Mr. Kipp Kelley from Kelley's March 10, 2006 conviction under the Wildlife Act for trapping without a license. Mr. Justice Verville overturned Mr. Kelley's conviction, leading Mr. Kelley's counsel and other Metis ...