Sacred white ‘spirit moose’ is killed by hunters in Canada

A reward has been offered to find the killers of a sacred white moose shot in northern Canada.

Residents of Timmins in northern Ontario, 430 miles north of Toronto, were shocked when they found the remains of the white moose abandoned by the side of a remote road, CBC reported, saying the animal was discovered at the end of October.

The rare animals have been in the region since the 1970s and are a sign of good luck in indigenous culture.

The has long been an understanding that they should be spared from hunters, and since 2006 it has been illegal under local law to kill them.