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[dkuitu]

https://www.myhighpl... press release.

 

Arby's has a solution.

[Matt R.]

I think we had a virus wipe a bunch out on salt spring. Barely see them anymore. The hunters are coming up empty too. Shotguns only, folks!

[Victoria Watcher]

Governments follow different deer ideas

The federal government is killing deer with helicopters and rifles, while at the same time netting them for cougars in a bizarre animal version of skip the dishes.

They do this because the deer are eating the wrong plants.

Meanwhile, municipal governments allow deer of all shapes and sizes to wander freely.

Can someone introduce the left hand to the right hand before we end up with helicopters strafing Uplands Park?

Bill Carere

Victoria


https://www.timescol...victory-9780038

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 08 November 2024 - 06:28 AM.

[Mike K.]

He’s not wrong!

[Victoria Watcher]

Regarding the story of a dog being killed by a buck in Oak Bay. Surely, enough is enough. It’s just a matter of time before an unsuspecting elderly person or young one gets in the way of a buck just wanting to perpetuate the deer population.

Why not round them all up (as humanely as possible) in the urban areas like Oak Bay, Victoria, Esquimalt, Colwood, etc., and ship them in cattle trucks to the middle of nowhere in B.C. and let them live out their lives on the range.

Obviously, in the more rural areas like the Saanich Peninsula and Metchosin, they could be left to live in their natural environment. If they come into town, they get picked up, placed into a holding pen and then shipped away when there’s enough to fill a truck. Costs for this could be shared amongst the municipalities, but overall, the CRD should take the lead in this program.


https://www.vicnews....l-areas-7631997




Just kill them. We already know that capturing and safely releasing them is next to impossible.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 10 November 2024 - 04:56 AM.

[Sparky]

[Victoria Watcher]

Contraception for Oak Bay deer led to drop in numbers and should continue, report says

A report of the deer contraceptive program suggests it should be repeated every five years for full effect.




****ing comedy. Just kill them.

https://www.timescol...t-says-11432241



Women are the cause of our ****ing woke irrational stuff .
Read here:

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 02 November 2025 - 03:05 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Helen Andrews 1000% correct:

https://youtu.be/EWL...AmSWZW1qFy91JaX

[Mike K.]

Danielle Smith is doing pretty darned good. Barb Desjardins is a fantastic mayor for Esquimalt. Likely the best they’ve had in generations.

BC fared well under Christie Clark, much better than now, anyway.

It’s mostly all related to life skills, upbringing and common sense, no? Some leaders come from a bubble and lack the common sense to see the problems their policies create, but that’s true of men and women.

[Victoria Watcher]

Danielle Smith is doing pretty darned good. Barb Desjardins is a fantastic mayor for Esquimalt. Likely the best they’ve had in generations.

BC fared well under Christie Clark, much better than now, anyway.

It’s mostly all related to life skills, upbringing and common sense, no? Some leaders come from a bubble and lack the common sense to see the problems their policies create, but that’s true of men and women.

 

No, no, you are misreading me, or what Helen Andrews or what James Damore say.

 

There are of course strong women leaders.   But in general, women lean towards what women lean towards, more compassion and less reason.  More emotion, less commn sense.  More liberal, less conservative. 

 

I cannot find one sane person that can explain to me why we kill urban rats, but not urban deer.  Or why we kill deer in the wild (hunting - 8,000 to 10,000 per year in BC) and not in the City, where they cause problems.  Or why we kill them on Sidney Island, where they have no colissions with cars, but not Oak Bay, where cars hit at least a hundred of them per year.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 November 2025 - 06:58 AM.

[Mike K.]

Men run Oak Bay, though. There are more men making decisions there than women.

Rats will destroy your home if they are allowed entry. So we do have to be more cautious if they’re around.

[Victoria Watcher]

Men run Oak Bay, though. There are more men making decisions there than women.

 

It's 5-2 women on council.  And likely much higher than 50% females on staff.

 

Female CAO.

 

Female police chief.

 

Senior City Hall staff, 8 female, 1 male.

 

https://www.oakbay.c...administration/

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 November 2025 - 07:27 AM.

[Mike K.]

Holy smokes, I didn’t realize it was a 5-2 split on council.

I see their new CAO is a lady, too, as is the police chief.

[LJ]

Time to bring back equity hiring and get some men in there.

[Victoria Watcher]

Esquimalt won't continue deer contraceptive program

 

Staff will conduct a deer-management survey and work with a contractor on a comprehensive contraception program for council to reconsider later next year.

 

https://www.timescol...rogram-11638628

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 18 December 2025 - 09:01 AM.