Regarding the story of a dog being killed by a buck in Oak Bay. Surely, enough is enough. It’s just a matter of time before an unsuspecting elderly person or young one gets in the way of a buck just wanting to perpetuate the deer population.
Why not round them all up (as humanely as possible) in the urban areas like Oak Bay, Victoria, Esquimalt, Colwood, etc., and ship them in cattle trucks to the middle of nowhere in B.C. and let them live out their lives on the range.
Obviously, in the more rural areas like the Saanich Peninsula and Metchosin, they could be left to live in their natural environment. If they come into town, they get picked up, placed into a holding pen and then shipped away when there’s enough to fill a truck. Costs for this could be shared amongst the municipalities, but overall, the CRD should take the lead in this program.
They are nice to look at, but in reality, they are a daily menace and can be dangerous in urban areas. If they were cougars, they would be shot or tranquilized and shipped out.
Chris McGraw
Oak Bay
