B.C. to allow killing of abandoned domestic sheep to protect the wild animals

B.C. wildlife officers now allowed to kill abandoned domestic sheep to protect wild animals

In a statement, the province says it has changed how domestic sheep are classified under the Wildlife Act in order to prevent disease from being transmitted in what could be large-scale die-offs in wild herds.

B.C. to allow killing of abandoned domestic sheep to protect the wild animals

VICTORIA - The B.C. government has changed its regulations to give wildlife officers more power to kill escaped or abandoned domestic sheep to order to protect wild sheep populations.

B.C. to allow killing of abandoned domestic sheep to protect the wild animals – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — The B.C. government has changed its regulations to give wildlife officers more power to kill escaped or abandoned domestic sheep to order to protect wild sheep populations. The province says it has changed how domestic sheep are classified under the Wildlife Act in order to prevent disease from being transmitted in what could be large-scale die-offs in wild herds. Domestic sheep and wild sheep can contract many of the same infectious …