Freezer full of rotting game meat and pelts found at Ross River dump

Yukon conservation officersare asking the public for any information about a freezer found at the Ross River landfillearlier this month.

The freezer contained animal pelts, wild game meat and fish. Under Yukon's Wildlife Act, it is illegal to waste wild meat, or pelts from fur-bearing animals.

In all, the unitcontained:

• a lynx carcass
• pelts from a wolverine and a fox
• two marten, pelt and carcass
• a black bear hide
• three lake trout
• three bags of wild meat

Conservation officers say all of the items were severely decomposed. They believe the freezer was dumped sometime last month.

Officers found more wasted meat lastmonth near Whitehorse. Two hundredkilogramsof spoiled bison meat was retrieved by officers near theTakhiniRiver bridge.

• Full bison butchered, dumped on the banks of a Yukon river