Parks Canada to proceed with multi-million-dollar cull after property owners on Sidney Island narrowly approved it
Parks Canada is going ahead with a mass roundup and kill of European fallow deer on Sidney Island after property owners on the island narrowly approved it.
The cull, which will be undertaken by a company called Coastal Conservation, is part of a $5.9-million contract that will also see native plants species restored on Sidney Island. The goal is to eventually restore the endangered Garry oak and Douglas fir ecosystems that have been ravaged by the fallow deer and overrun by invasive plants like English hawthorn and Scotch broom.
Parks Canada controls about 440 hectares on the north end of the island — including Sidney Spit — as part of Gulf Islands National Park Reserve. It’s leading the restoration initiative with the First Nations of the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council, Pauquachin First Nation, the province, Islands Trust Conservancy and strata residents.
“We have to correct the ecological imbalances on the island,” said Pelkey. “Our people have been going out and looking for medicines, but they can no longer be found … the fallow deer take everything.” Measures to ensure public safety will be in place during the hunt and cull, said Clarkson. The hunters will be using high-powered rifles.
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