Homeless beavers stir more calls for better wildlife management
Anita’s group had a successful protest yesterday in the city that believes destroying a lodge is a humane way to get rid of beavers. They had lots of media there, and inspired at least two defensive emails from the city to me explaining that there was no other way to discourage beavers than destroying their lodge because storm water ponds are special-extraordinary-exceptional cases and flow devices couldn’t possibly work no matter what those icky experts told you. Heck, I’m convinced, aren’t you?
The neighbours of a family of Stittsville beavers whose lodge was destroyed by the city at the end of June called for a better wildlife strategy Monday outside city hall.
“There’s no reason to kill the mother beaver and her kits,” said Lynne Rowe, a member of the Constance Creek Wildlife Refuge, citing the city’s current policy of trapping and killing the animals. “We need to look for other ways to deal with the issue rather than just killing them.”
Well good for Anita and all the supporters, and I hope the mayor sees pictures of dead baby beavers in his sleep, or at least in his newspaper. I made sure to forward the condescending emails to the most incendiary places so hopefully they will spark some new action down the road.
In the meanwhile I just want to say ACK-BEAVER-FESTIVAL and allow me to answer the myriad of questions I have received in the last 48 hours by saying “no you can’t be added now, move your booth closer to the restroom, have an extra tent, or get a table even though you never paid for one. No you can’t drive in after the event has started and we won’t save you a parking place or a charm necklace or give you a coupon for dinner. No we can’t put the number of your booth on the lawn where your space will be, no the park doesn’t have a name and no we don’t have free llama rides for the kids.
That about covers it. Time to watch this over and over again.
And look at this whenever I ask myself why I do this
