Or Parksville, they are like rats there."For example, on Vancouver Island, the black-tailed deer estimate has declined by 70 per cent over the past four decades."
Whoever wrote this hasn't driven through Victoria lately
Or Parksville, they are like rats there.
Hard to take a conflict of interest riddled article like that seriously. They didn't site where they got those stats and how they were gathered.
They may be right, but to what degree, couldn't tell you. Tree hugging is big business, no different to the corporations they supposedly are against.
As for those urban blacktail...still trying to figure out how to coax them into my freezer.
Yes, for instance in 1965 when .6% of government expenditures went to Fish & Wildlife, government expenditures were $488 million. The budget is now over $48 billion and .06% of that is a significant increase.
The underlying cause is population growth so government can only slow down the damage done but not stop it. In 1965 BC had 1.8 million people and last year there were 4.75 million. Citizens need a place to live, food to eat, jobs to work at and non-urban areas for recreation. Wildlife is a competitor for all that.