Tragic hunting in Biržai district: a man suspected of being poached in a pond has been shot

The police department reported that the disaster occurred around 9:30 p.m. It happened at a dam on Rožių Street, where a man born in 1983 was hunting beavers.

Fatally injured a man born in 1967 with a legally held hunting rifle. It turns out that the man who was shot along with two other people may have been illegally fishing in the pond.

Mantė Ramanauskienė, head of the Panevėžys Wildlife Protection Inspectorate, stated that, according to preliminary data, three people were fishing illegally. One of them was mortally wounded.

It was added that the other two potential poachers disobeyed the demands of environmental inspection officials. As a result, a separate investigation was launched.

It was later reported that the Department of Environmental Protection had launched an investigation into possible illegal fishing in the Biržai district, in the Papilio pond, where a man was shot and killed on Wednesday night.

“The investigation into the hunt itself is being carried out by the police, but when our officers visited it, it became clear that there was a possibility of illegal fishing: underwater hunting, fish hunted on the shore,” said M. Ramanauskienė, head of Panevėžys Wildlife Inspectorate.

The disaster at Papilio Pond occurred around 9:30 pm, when a man born in 1983, hunting beavers, fatally wounded a man born in 1967 with a legally held hunting rifle. The suspect was arrested.

“Some hunted underwater, others hunted beavers, at least we have that primary data,” said the environmentalist.

According to her, it is suspected that men who practice underwater fishing do so with rifles; this fishing in the Papil pond is prohibited.

“This fishing is allowed only in a few bodies of water, in the Papilis pond, it is prohibited,” said M. Ramanauskienė.

He also said environmentalists had previously had data on illegal spearfishing at Papilio Pond.

“It just came to our attention then. In fact, we also had information about that body of water more than once and we tried to catch poachers. This is one of the most serious infractions in fishing. We got information that people they are hunting at night when it is dark, ”said the head of the Panevėžys Wildlife Inspectorate.

According to her, such underwater hunting at such times of the year and day is not common and everyday, but such cases do occur.