Alberta elk ranchers want province to OK hunt farms despite disease, ethical concerns
CBC
Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms.
They say it's an industry that could bring millions of dollars to rural communities, but the farms are strongly opposed by wildlife scientists and fish and game groups.
The Alberta Elk Commission has been lobbying the province and rural municipalities since at least the spring of 2020 for legislative changes that would allow what it calls "cervid harvesting preserves." Those are fenced areas for raising animals such as elk, deer or bison where paying guests can hunt and shoot the animals.
Alberta's lobbyist registry shows the commission is communicating with three ministries to seek changes that would permit games farms to allow hunting and the selling of meat, allowing hunters to take their kills home.
It's further seeking support from rural municipalities. The County of Lacombe discussed the proposal at its Sept. 9 meeting.
The proposal comes as Alberta's United Conservative government begins a wide-ranging review of wildlife legislation that promises, say government documents, to "explore options for innovative tools to provide improved recreational hunting opportunities on public and private lands."
Alberta game farms already export animals to places where so-called "canned hunts" are legal.
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