‘It is trespassing’: Police urge people to stop taking photos standing in Ontario canola fields
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'Fields don't require signage or fencing. If you enter a field uninvited, it is trespassing. If you cause damage you could be charged criminally.'
The Ontario Provincial Police are urging the public to stop pulling over to snap photos in a canola field as crop damage could cost farmers around $2,000.
“It is NOT a right to enter a field to get a perfect photo,” OPP Central Region tweeted.
The Dufferin OPP detachment said they were made aware of two instances of canola field trespassing in Melancthon Township, a rural Ontario township located about 30 kilometres northwest of Orangeville.
A picture posted by the OPP shows about a dozen people in the middle of the bright yellow field with several cars pulled over to the side of the road.
“Fields don’t require signage or fencing. If you enter a field uninvited, it is trespassing. If you cause damage you could be charged criminally,” the OPP said.
It is unclear how much damage was caused due to selfie-takers.
Police are asking anyone who sees people trespassing onto fields for photos to call them right away at 1-888-310-1122.
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