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[Victoria Watcher]

First Nations want to be part of fallow deer kill on Sidney Island: chief

 

The eradication project was halted last week after at least six deer died after becoming entangled in net fencing erected to herd the animals into killing zones

 

 

 

https://www.timescol...d-chief-9818628

 

 

 

Tsawout Hereditary Chief Eric Pelkey said aquaculture netting should not be used for the kill.

 

Instead, he’s proposing a row of hunters spread across the island to flush the deer from the wider privately owned end and into the narrow, unpopulated national-park side of the island. The animals would be killed along the way or en masse at Sidney Spit.

 

“We don’t want the fencing because it’s not necessary,” said Pelkey. “We have lots of hunters who want to be engaged in the hunt and we want to present that option to Parks Canada.”

 

He added that blacktail deer would be allowed to pass and would not be part of the overall kill.

 

Pelkey said using rows of hunters to flush out deer has been done by generations of First Nations on the Gulf Islands.

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 16 November 2024 - 04:55 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

A video captured by a Sidney Island resident showing a fallow deer caught in a net has sparked public outrage, causing Parks Canada to temporarily stop phase two of the eradication project.

 

Now, First Nations leaders and the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council are upset that Parks Canada stopped the project, saying it was without their consultation and with little to no notice.

 

“The people in Ottawa or the ones in Parks Canada really betrayed the trust of the W̱SÁNEĆ people,” said Hereditary Chief and W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership community engagement coordinator Eric Pelkey.

 

 

 

https://cheknews.ca/...r-cull-1224449/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 November 2024 - 02:10 PM.

[Matt R.]

Any videos of them being shot from a helicopter?