Woman fined big bucks for trying to help deer
local woman has been fined for keeping a baby deer at her home and obstructing conservation officials as they sought to get care for the tiny animal.
Tami Lutz was fined a total of $2,680 in Prince Albert Provincial Court earlier this week after pleading guilty to two charges under the Saskatchewan Wildlife Act. Lutz entered the pleas in court last month.
The case goes back to June when conservation officers received a call from Lutz asking how to care for the newborn animal. Officer Charlene Berard told the court Lutz was advised to take the deer, then just days old, to a rehabilitation specialist. Conservation officials followed up with Lutz a few days later, but got a search warrant and seized her cell phone after she refused to comply or tell them where the animal was.
“There was a lot of time and a lot of resources put into this,” Berard said.