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A B.C. man was convicted in court last week after he was caught harassing an eagle nest with a drone.
The man, whom the BC Conservation Officers Service did not identify, was ticketed in May of 2015, after a nature photographer reported saw him flying his drone close to an eagle’s nest in Nanaimo’s Waterfront Park.
Chris Doyle, the deputy chief of the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, said both the adult eagles and their nestlings “were extremely agitated by the drone.”
After disputing his ticket in provincial court, the man was ordered to pay a $230 fine.
Under the B.C. Wildlife Act, it’s illegal to harass wildlife with a vehicle or mechanical device. Remote controlled drones fall under that definition.
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