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Old 05-20-2006, 08:00 AM
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May 20, 2006

Bob is no further ahead in legal tussle
Court hearing over hairy artifact is put over until June 30
By MARK BONOKOSKI

NEWMARKET -- Bob the Moose is not out of the woods yet -- as no deal was reached in provincial court here yesterday that would see him cut loose and heading home for the May 24th long weekend with his owner, Ken Procyk.

He remains, therefore, a moose head in lockup.

The matter was briefly brought before Justice of the Peace Cornelia Mews yesterday afternoon and was quickly set aside until June 30 for pre-trial.

Pre-trial is an in-camera session -- and therefore closed to the public -- during which time the prosecution and defence will attempt to hammer out a resolution to avoid a trial.

If nothing is hammered out on that last Friday in June, then a date will then be set for a full-fledged trial.

All the publicity around the Free Bob campaign has obviously not gone unnoticed by the ministry of natural resources, whose conservation officers seized Bob and charged Ken Procyk for essentially attempting to sell wildlife parts on eBay -- even though it is a 20-year-old stuffed moose head which was once attached to moose long ago shot and eaten in Alberta, and therefore a long way from being poached black bear gall bladders heading for the big dollars of the black market.

Prosecuting the case, for example, is Paul Gonsalves, who is not just any MNR lawyer, but the ministry's chief counsel and head of its legal services branch.

In other words, he's the ministry's top gun.

Unfortunately he was too tied up with other MNR cases yesterday to be accessible for comment.

However, as Procyk's Aurora-based lawyer, Lonny Mark, said prior to yesterday's court date, the case has taken on major proportions unbefitting the alleged crime.

"If they simply give the moose head back, all this would go away," said Mark. "But (Procyk) needs to keep the moose."

The Crown's offer to Procyk at his last court appearance was a $250 fine upon a plea of guilty, and the forfeiture of Bob.

It was the forfeiture, however, that became the stumbling block because it would essentially leave Bob wandering in the wilderness -- his future home a question mark.

This, of course, does not sit well with Procyk, nor with the handful of supporters who showed up in court yesterday wearing their Free Bob T-shirts -- Bob boosters who included Procyk's uncle, Paul Nelson, cousin P.T. Nelson, good friend Mark Emmerson and Anna Andrew, publisher of Taps, a magazine dedicated to the beers served in Canada's bars and pubs, including (what else?) Moosehead.

WOOLLEY WARNING

There was, however, a certain irony that Bob the Moose had a court date on the eve of the May 24th long weekend, especially since the OPP issued a perfectly timed media advisory through the Canada News Wire urging everyone to "mind the majestic moose."

Quoted, of course, was the omnipresent Sgt. Cam Woolley, of the OPP's traffic safety division, who warned motorists heading to cottage country to be on the lookout for all the Bobs of the forest who have thus far managed to escape having their heads hung as trophies.

It was a Moose Alert, so to speak.

"The leftover road salt from the winter, and black flies especially, draws moose to the roads," said Woolley, all the while warning that approximately 20 people a year are killed in collisions with wildlife.

'WHY THE LONG FACE?'

Moose like Bob, in his better days on the whole, of course, can easily weigh 700 to 800 kilos.

(The OPP's message, by the by, was backed by Moosehead Breweries, which also happens to be proud sponsor of the Sun's Free Bob campaign.)

In the meantime, a moose walks into a bar, and the bartender says to him, "Hey, buddy, why the long face?"

"It's my best friend, Bob," says the moose. "It's the May 24th long weekend, and the poor guy's still in lockup."

"Look on the bright side," says the bartender. "At least he doesn't have to contend with all the black flies."

"Right you are," says the moose. "In that case, mix me up a double margarita. Heavy on the salt."
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