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Fri 05 May 2007Hunter fined €300 for killing red deerA hunter, who shot and killed a male red deer after the open season had finished without licence from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, was convicted of the offence and fined €300 at Galway District Court yesterday.Mark Quinlan (37), Cluain Mhór, Clybaun Road, Salthill, Galway, pleaded guilty to hunting the deer between February 1st and 28th last year at Recess, Connemara, without permission or licence from the Minister, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 23(5) of the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended by Section 31 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000.