What is the defence of justification for killing minks in the close season?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Peterson, 1928 CanLII 228 (SK QB):
The case of Aldrich v. Wright, 53 N.H. 398, was an action for penalties for having killed minks in the close season, and a defence of justification was held good, in that the defendant honestly believed that the animals were at the time pursuing geese.
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