Opposition to Kootenay deer cull goes international
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Chris Shepherd in Kimberley |
There’s growing opposition to plans to cull the deer population in several East Kootenay communities, reports the CBC.
Cranbrook’s cull is already done, Kimberley’s is underway and Inveremere is still planning one and that city’s mayor is feeling pressure to cancel the plan to thin a herd of problematic wildlife.
Photo source: Clearly Ambiguous, Flickr, Creative Commons.
Invermere Mayor Gerry Taft says opposition the deer kill is growing, as is the number of nasty letters he’s receiving at City Hall.
“Most of them are coming from out of the community and region — from as far as Europe. Then there are local groups that are forming and local opposition as well.”
Source: CBC
Read more at the CBC.
Traps vandalized in Kimberley
Meanwhile, there’s trouble brewing with Kimberley’s cull. Carolyn Grant reports in the Kimberley Bulletin that some of the traps have been tripped at night and another was vandalized.
The city’s plans to cull 100 deer are moving ahead and Councillor Darryl Oakley is asking people to respect the process. He’d also like people to stop feeding the deer.
“I am asking people to look at where we want to go. We want a healthy and safe community and a population level that is healthy for animals as well. We had 35 animals injured last year. The population right now is not healthy. The reason is, it is simply too big a population of animals for the habitat.
“If the population is not reduced now, it will lead to greater numbers being reduced down the road. The habitat is over-browsed. Eventually, the animals will starve and get sick.”
Source: Bulletin
Read more at the Bulletin, including comments from Colleen Bailey, chair newly formed Humane Treatment of Urban Wildlife Committee, which opposes the cull.
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They marketed it all wrong. Cull is such an ugly word.
It’s a good point, Jim. Any choice of words is going to favour one side over another. I constantly ran into that problem when I worked as a journalist.