#ParksCanada is defending the $12-million price tag for its plan to kill all the #FallowDeer on #SidneyIsland as part of an #EcologicalRestoration project.
The federal agency has been under intense #criticism for months for spending millions on a program to #eradicate fallow #deer on the 9 sq km island, a portion of which is part of the #GulfIslandsNationalParkReserve, while the rest is privately owned.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/parks-canada-defends-12m-sidney-island-deer-kill-ecological-restoration-8808318
#wildlife #CDNpoli #SidneyBC #VancouverIsland #PNW #Canada
Parks Canada defends $12M Sidney Island deer kill, ecological restoration
On Wednesday, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation slammed the plan, calling it a waste of money
Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CFA says
Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.
#globalnews #Economy #Environment #Politics #sidneyisland https://globalnews.ca/news/10517770/sidney-island-deer-cull-costs-millions/
Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CFA says
Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.
Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CFA says
Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.
#globalnews #Economy #Environment #Politics #sidneyisland https://globalnews.ca/news/10517770/sidney-island-deer-cull-costs-millions/Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CFA says
Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.
Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island
Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.
#globalnews #Environment #deercull #ParksCanada #sidneyisland https://globalnews.ca/news/10160177/bc-deer-cull-begins-sidney-island/Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island
Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.
Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island
Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.
#globalnews #Environment #deercull #ParksCanada #sidneyisland https://globalnews.ca/news/10160177/bc-deer-cull-begins-sidney-island/Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island
Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.
Controversial deer cull underway on small B.C. gulf island
Residents of Sidney Island, off the coast of Victoria, told Global News the aerial gunning component of the deer eradication program has begun.
Opponents stage protest as clock ticks down on B.C. island deer kill
Residents of Sidney Island voted narrowly in February to support a Parks Canada plan to eradicate its entire deer population, which officials say has decimated the local ecosystem.
Plan to cull deer on Sidney Island, B.C. divides residents
Parks Canada and local First Nations say an estimated 300 to 900 invasive deer, which were introduced to Sidney Island in the mid 1900s, are decimating the native ecosystem.
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