"It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase" - Deep Purple
"Lord knows I'm a Voodoo chile" - SRV (RIP 8-27-90)
"Know your Land, Know your Prey" - Mantracker
http://www.youtube.com/user/welderse...e=results_main
Gotcha. For a bit more context here is the text of the rationale against baiting in the kootenays as there are confirmed cases near there:
Proposed Regulations:*
Prohibit the intentional feeding or baiting of ungulates in the Kootenay region.
Rationale:*
Wildlife managers and professionals have confirmed through research that feeding and baiting of wild ungulates can lead to increased wildlife densities. A higher density of animals increases the potential for transmission of infectious parasites and diseases such as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) transmitted by fecal – oral routes, nose to nose contact or through contact with a contaminated environment. CWD prions are shed though the saliva, urine and feces of infected animals and are essentially impossible to destroy once the infectious protein enters the environment. Aggregations of cervids infected with CWD create prion transmission hot-spots from increased prion exposure. Preventing feeding and baiting will help manage wildlife health, including CWD infection and reduce the magnitude of disease outbreaks in general.* CWD in cervids is the wildlife health programs highest priority with recent positive cases of CWD near Libby, Montana (68 km south of USA/Canada border).
In addition, other health issues ay be caused be feeding and baiting. Inappropriate or sudden changes in feed can cause digestive tract upsets in wild ungulates, and increasing the density of other species such as bighorn sheep by feeding can increase the risk of potential for contact with domestic sheep and respiratory disease transmission.*
Preventing feeding in urban areas is also recommended to manage wildlife conflict in urban areas where feeding can contribute to high densities of deer. Intentional feeding of wild ungulates is contributing to wildlife conflict in urban and agricultural areas across the Kootenay Region.
Prohibiting feeding and baiting of cervids is a standard wildlife management response to wildlife health risks, especially for CWD and other transmissible diseases such as bovine tuberculosis. A prohibition on feeding ungulates will reduce the potential for CWD transmission and should help reduce wildlife conflict in problem areas being consistent with urban bylaws in the Region.
Even without going to the Act, the regs state that its "unlawful to bait ungulates". Nothing nuanced about who places the bait.
"It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase" - Deep Purple
"Lord knows I'm a Voodoo chile" - SRV (RIP 8-27-90)
"Know your Land, Know your Prey" - Mantracker
http://www.youtube.com/user/welderse...e=results_main
"It's not the kill, but the thrill of the chase" - Deep Purple
"Lord knows I'm a Voodoo chile" - SRV (RIP 8-27-90)
"Know your Land, Know your Prey" - Mantracker
http://www.youtube.com/user/welderse...e=results_main