Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island

[Ardent]

Sidney Island is a special case too, you’ve got the national park, you’ve got the band land, and you’ve got the strata. All in three square miles. Coordinating the permissions and not stepping on toes takes more planning than most hunters would be willing to deal with, ie. red tape. This solution gets it done fast before the complaints can even be processed, and with an organized plan and shooting plans. I think that’s the biggest factor, this just gets it done rather than stretch it out another 40 years again.

 

[Ardent]

Ayup.

For the money they are spending, on a 2000 acre island, they need to bring in three or four truckloads of folks to be Beaters, set up some catchement areas, and pens, along with a decent truck mounted kill/slaughter facility.

They could run a couple drives, set up their fences and have at another as the meat crew does their thing, be in and back out in two days. And not at $8K per animal, either.

The honest truth though, is I figure the deer should be left the hell alone, until ALL the folks on the Island decide that they need to be dealt with, and then they can get on with it on their own, rather than the Government pounding money into what is essentially not the Government's problem.

I’ve been to Sidney more years of my life than I haven’t, and the deer have utterly pummelled it. They do need to be dealt with, they’re an invasive species and a highly destructive one at the end of the day. What really needs to happen is permissions to farm potentially invasive species need to be pulled, same goes for Atlantic salmon open net fish farms.

 

[MiG25]

What really needs to happen is permissions to farm potentially invasive species need to be pulled

I assume you're including horses, goats, honeybees, chickens, pigeons and plants like alfalfa, asparagus, and Kentucky blue grass. And species who genes could mix with native species like turkeys, ducks, Asian Plums, raspberries, etc.

 

[Ardent]

Certainly see and acknowledge your point, should be more concise. More concerned with fallow deer / green crab / starling qualities of species that can rapidly take over and alter an ecosystem, and have little viable economic reason to take the risk of introducing them. Species that are viable and resilient in our environment, and don’t offset the risk with meaningful economic upsides. We probably shouldn’t allow hobby farming cane toads anytime soon in the temperate areas.