The Province is expanding trapping and surveillance and working with municipalities on dealing with wild boars.
Bruce Hamblin, the director of inspection and investigation with Alberta Agriculture, says this is an expansion of some existing programs.
“We have a two year trapping bounty for eligible trappers and landowners who help remove entire sounders from the property and they will be eligible for $75 per set of years. We also have a one year bounty pilot program for hunting which will help our surveillance efforts by providing location data.”
Wild boars can cause damage to crops and property, endanger livestock and people, spread disease and negatively alter the ecosystem.
“The trapping is set for now for two years and the hunting portion of that is set for one year start as of April 1, 2022. They will both be evaluated prior to their expiry and a decision will be made at that point whether we continue them or not.”
The MD of Peace has signed on to both remuneration programs.
Our interview with Hamblin can be found below.
– Kyle Moore, Trending 55 Newsroom
