20 seagulls found dead in Spruce Grove; two men fined $3K

Two men were fined and had their hunting licences suspended after 20 Franklin's Gulls were found dead in a Spruce Grove property last summer. Fish and Wildlife began to investigate after a video was posted to Facebook "showing the mistreatment" of a Franklin's Gull. Two men in the property admitted to shooting the seagulls with shotguns, and 20 were found dead in a sewage lagoon in the property, Fish and Wildlife said. On Sept. 18, Seth Wideman and Robert Plourde were found guilty under the Wild