Sidney Island residents say nets are cruelly ensnaring local deer
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Paul Lalonde, a Sidney Island resident, said the fence is recycled agriculture netting, and they have learned more deer have become entangled in the netting over the past week.
A fence meant to help eradicate invasive deer on a B.C. island is instead trapping animals, leaving them exhausted and fighting for their lives.
About 35 km of netting was installed in August on Sidney Island, located between B.C.’s Mainland and Vancouver Island, as part of Parks Canada’s plan to corral deer and have marksmen complete the kill.
However, locals have found a pair of deer entangled in netting, thrashing and exhausted from trying to free themselves.
Residents jumped in to help free the deer, risking injury to cut the net and free the animals.
Paul Lalonde, a Sidney Island resident, told Global News that the fence is recycled agriculture netting, and said they have learned more deer have become entangled in the netting over the past week.
“Yesterday we had an owner come across a large buck who had managed to pin his antlers under the fence and thrashed himself to death in that spot,” he said. “It was a very bad outcome for that animal.”
Lalonde said Parks Canada staff will euthanize the deer if they come across any trapped in a netting.
“Another was freed by two other owners, I believe the day before, either on the Friday or the Saturday,” he added.
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Paul Lalonde, a Sidney Island resident, said the fence is recycled agriculture netting, and they have learned more deer have become entangled in the netting over the past week.
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