Classroom Uses Illegally Killed Moose For Educational Purposes

Some good news came out of an illegally killed moose in the Haines area. A local school was awarded the animal to have a tutorial on how to butcher and process the meat from the animal. Here’s more from the Chilkat Valley News:

Koch said local nonprofits and charities can reach out to Fish and Game ahead of time to get in the queue for moose meat. When wildlife officials determine that a moose isn’t legal, then it’s the hunter’s responsibility to take care of the meat until it can be taken to a local charity. 

Koch said sometimes it’s the whole moose, but usually when hunters bring the moose out – it has been partially butchered in the field. 

In Klukwan, the moose arrived just in time for moose camp. Students at the school learned how to cut up and process the meat both through the efforts of staff like Shk’oohaalee Justina Hotch, but also through community volunteers like Skeenyáa Tláa, Seandog Brownell, Valentino Burrattin and others who came to help them learn how to grind it up and then portion it for vacuum sealing.