Sacred albino moose killed by hunters. Apologized and returned hide to tribe, but are keeping head.

[JaneyVee]

A rare albino moose, considered a sacred "spirit animal" by Nova Scotia's indigenous Mi’kmaq people, was killed last week by visiting hunters unaware of its spiritual significance. After the hunters posted photos of the kill on Facebook, outrage quickly spread both online and within the local Mi'kmaq community.

The CBC reports that the aboriginal communities have known about the moose for years, but do not kill it because it is considered sacred:

"We know the significance and we've been teaching that to the non-native population for almost 500 years — about the importance that this and other white animals played in our lives," he said. "We are not to harm them in any way, shape, or form because they could be one of our ancestors coming to remind us of something significant that's going to happen within our communities."

The rest: http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/sacred-white-moose-killed-hunters.html

May the severed head haunt their dreams for eternity.

[Paulie]

1. Called it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3825414

[regnaD kciN]

2. In return…

…the tribe should have gotten to keep THEIR heads.

[Zorra]

3. Killing a sacred spirit animal. I think I'd be kind of worried about my future if I was shooter

guy.

[NBachers]

4. And now misfortunes will start happening in their lives . . . little things at first,

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Idiot hunters

[MrScorpio]

6. Douchebag hunters

Where's a SyFy original movie when you need one?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. Fun game....

[Jamastiene]

8. Sick bastards.

I don't get the appeal in killing something to begin with, but something so rare?

And to top it all off, I still don't get why they pose in pictures with the dead animal either. That's fucking stupid.