Numerous Vancouver Island farmers say increasing elk populations are damaging fields and fences and the government needs to help in some way
There’s growing frustration among numerous farmers on Vancouver Island because of elk herds.
After 57 years, Davis says the elk have only started showing up during the last three. He says the number of elk in the herd is higher in each of those years and they left for the hills in early February last year. “The animals are their responsibility because they won’t allow me to do anything with them so take your animals and take them where they belong. Get them off my property,” said Davis.“If these kinds of challenges carry on we’re going to see more and more people leaving the industry because it’s a battle that we’re not winning. We’re never going to win this battle,” said Ken Ellison, of Dellison Farm. He’s also the Vice President of the Vancouver Island Cattleman’s Association.
“We’ve increased the hunting allocations so there are more people out hunting and able to harvest elk. The ministry has also collared some elk to understand better how they move across the landscape so we can hopefully relieve some of the degradation pressures that some of the agricultural producers are facing mid-island,” said Jesse Zeman, Federation’s Executive Director.
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