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[dasmo]

Talk about understatement….

[Victoria Watcher]

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$495,000

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 29 March 2024 - 02:09 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Parks Canada will spend about $12 million on a plan to kill invasive deer and restore native vegetation on Sidney Island, according to documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

That’s more than double the cost that has been widely reported for the controversial project on the small Gulf Island.

https://www.timescol...ts-show-8787201

[Nparker]

It would probably be cheaper to genetically modify the native vegetation to be lethal to the deer. 

[dasmo]

It details costs between 2018 and 2026 that include $2.8 million in salaries and benefits to Parks Canada staff, $1.5 million in studies, $800,000 for Indigenous participation, $3.3 million in miscellaneous expenses — including $53,000 for forest restoration services and plants and trees — and $4.1 million in deer-eradication services.

[dasmo]

JFC.... 

[Sparky]

The total could be as high as $12M

https://www.timescol...ts-show-8787201

[Mike K.]

Also, the snipers ended up killing the wrong deer.

[max.bravo]

Wrong how?

[Victoria Watcher]

Wrong how?

 

There are two types of deer there, the good type and the bad type. They were supposed to be shooting only the bad type.

[aastra]

Somebody must have tipped off the deer so they changed their habits.

[Nparker]

Somebody must have tipped off the deer so they changed their habits

I didn't realize deer belonged to religious orders.

[aastra]

That's none nun of my business. However, everybody on the island knows that Jim Deerington II religiously hits the Starbucks drive-thru every morning at exactly 7:45am in his distinctive Tangier orange Silverado truck. Everybody also knows there's a terrific view of that drive-thru from the grassy knoll across the road. So what if one fateful day Jim by chance happens to have a sore hoof and asks his wife Gail to be behind the wheel? Not everybody knows their relationship has been somewhat strained of late. It could end up being rather convenient for Jim, all things considered.

Edited by aastra, 23 May 2024 - 10:39 AM.

[max.bravo]

While you're coming at this from behind the blind, I'd say your scenario ticks all the boxes. We're not racking up any points with the local ungulate population; it feels like a gutshot. Whoever planned this hunt should be quartered. 

[Victoria Watcher]

Parks Canada to spend $12M on B.C. deer cull, while Canadian hunters say they'd do it for free

A total of 84 deer were killed during last year's cull in the beginning of December

https://nationalpost...-do-it-for-free

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 May 2024 - 09:05 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the most expensive one for sale right now.

 

$2,495,000

 

Autonomous living is supported by recently upgraded solar power and new lithium-ion batteries, 17.5 KW and 5.5 KW backup propane generators. A 10,000 imp. Gal. water collection and storage system with UV treated filtration ensure a reliable and plentiful supply plus adequate fire suppression. All furniture, appliances, tools and small equipment are included. Larger equipment (ATV, Tractor, Truck, 12' boat and motor etc.) are negotiable.

 

 

 

https://www.realtor....d-sidney-island

 

 

I wonder where he drives to in that truck?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance Fees

$253.58 Monthly

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 July 2024 - 10:25 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Oh, hold on, look at all these cars.  

 

 

I guess you still need a car to get to the airstrip or dock.

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 July 2024 - 10:29 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

In an ironic twist leading up to the final phase of Parks Canada’s plan to shoot all the fallow deer on Sidney Island, local property owners are actually saving some of the animals — and putting themselves in harm’s way to do it.

Since early August, the nine-square-kilometre island has been swathed in kilometres of net fencing.

It’s a tactic by Parks Canada to create killing zones for Phase 2 of the plan to rid Sidney Island of the invasive species.

The idea is to use tracking dogs to rush the deer into fenced areas where marksmen will kill the deer with a bullet to the head.

But that fencing — about 35 kilometres of recycled aquaculture netting — is having some unintended consequences.


https://www.timescol...-island-9723363

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 29 October 2024 - 04:36 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Sidney Island deer cull postponed after animals caught in netting

 

Animals became trapped in netting installed to herd them into areas where they would be killed

 

 

 

Next week’s planned deer cull on Sidney Island has been shelved after animals became tangled and trapped in netting installed to herd them into areas where they would be killed.

 

Parks Canada said Wednesday it will be consulting with First Nations and other project partners on a “re-imagined solution” to restore the ecosystem, which has been damaged by invasive fallow deer.

 

The announcement came after a fallow deer was found dead in late October with its antlers tangled in netting that was installed as fencing, with wounds on its legs.

 

 

https://www.timescol...netting-9771985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deer cull postponed because netting meant to hold deer for killing is hurting them.  

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 07 November 2024 - 05:28 AM.

[Mike K.]

I have heard a different specie of deer have swum onto the island. Does that make sense? I thought we only have one specie around here.