Conservation officers asks for help locating poachers near Alvena, Sask.

Sasktip is asking for the public's help in catching poachers following an incident on April 24 involving a cow moose and her unborn calf.

According to the non-profit organization — which helps conservation officers convict poachers — the two animals were found shot and left to waste on private land just outside of Alvena, Sask., about 65 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon.

"Only the hind quarters and the fleshy part of the nose were taken off the cow moose," the group wrote in a Facebook post. "The calf was cut out of the cow and did not survive."

Kerry Wrishko, conservation officer with Saskatchewan's Ministry of Environment, said this type of illegal activity happens more often than people think.

He said poaching — meaning hunting where and when people aren't permitted to hunt — happens consistently throughout the year. 

But, according to Wrishko, there are exceptions. Some groups have the right to hunt for food year-round but they also have to obtain a right of access.

"In this case, we don't know who are the ones responsible but even if they had a right to hunt... they can't be wasting the animal either," he said.

He added that officers are currently looking for two people in their 30s who were seen in the area during that time.

Individuals with any information regarding this case are asked to call the Turn In Poachers line at 1-800-667-7561.