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Oakley responds to protesters A few points on Kimberley’s deer issues
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley City Councillor Darryl Oakley says that he appreciates the presence of anti-cull protesters at last week’s Council meeting, and understands their concerns, but he does have a couple of comments on points made by the BC Deer Protection Society. Council voted last week for a cull of up to 30 deer — 15 from the Chapman Camp/ Blarchmont area and 15 from Marysville. “They are upset about the killing of ani-
Darryl Oakley mals and I do understand that,” Oakley said. “But we can’t just do nothing, and right now there aren’t any other options. “The BCSPCA says translocating is too stressful on deer and most will not survive. There is a vaccine, SpeyVac, which is allowed in the U.S. but not Canada. It’s an experimental vac-
cine that stops reproduction in does for about five years. It would be nice to have that option, but we don’t. We had an aversive conditioning experiment that I think could be effective in parts of Kimberley, especially Marysville, but the government doesn’t allow it. “So we really have very few options.” Oakley says that when the promised provincial task force is struck through the UBCM that will hopefully move some things along, but until then the City has to operate on the recommendations Council accepted from the Managing for the Future document from the Deer Committee.
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A fundraiser for Jan Kimberley Elks Hall, Friday, December 20
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley residents are asked to come out to the Elks Hall this Friday, December 20 to help CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO out a fellow resident, Jan Selkirk students are giving a final push to their Christmas Food Bank fundraiser. Tickets are on sale Baker. until Friday morning. Tickets are $2 with first prize $1000, second $500, and third $250. Above, asking Friend Kayla Pendry for your support are students Celina Dovell, Josh Singbell, Tiana Whisken, Chelsea Blake and Devon says that Jan has been Fikis. seeing deteriorating
Jan Baker health for some years now and the prognosis is not good.
“Her doctor could not find a reason,” Pendry said. “When the truth was revealed at a moment of real crisis, it broke her doctor’s heart. She was rushed to Kelowna and hit hard and fast with treatments that were brutal. The doctors told her she now had to do all she could to regain strength and have happy times with her beloved family and friends.”
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