THIS IS THE REAL STORY OF WHAT A CULL IS DOING TO A SMALL TOWN

CRUEL  BARBARIC TRAPPING OF DEER IN INVERMERE TAKES PLACE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF NEIGHBOURS

Terrible and strange incidents are happening during the "cull" of the deer in Invermere. The District of Invermere and the contractor Larry Mullikin are trapping and killing deer in broad day light and people are reporting that contractor is trying to lure deer into his traps with food and fruits in the middle of the day. . Here is what was reported by one of the locals. -  "Just a few days ago, a trapping took place in the trap of a deer committee's daughter's property. There was a deer in the trap thrashing and trying to get away in broad daylight in full view from the window of his neighbour.  The neighbour watched the deer thrashing around in the trap continuously, bashing it's head against the wire mesh for more than an hour.  As he knew what was going on with the cull, he assumed the trappers would be coming immediately, but he waited more than an hour while this poor animal continued to injure itself.  Finally, he could no longer stand it and decided to go to the trap himself with the intent of contacting the killers and telling them of their capture, so he went to the trap to search for a phone number or contact info, but there was nothing there. Again, he looked at the deer inside - it's head was bloody and as there were so many cuts and wounds all over its body, he questioned whether or not that deer would survive.  But out of compassion, he lifted the door and let the deer go.  As it snowed heavily the day before, he left tracks of footprints on the snow  so when the  Deer Committee member returned, he followed these tracks to this neighbour's house and started screaming at him.  They had a confrontation and although the neighbour tried to explain the situation, the member did not believe him, so he called the police and charged his neighbour. This is the real situation in in Invermere right now - the once peaceful and tranquil town is now covered in the darkness of neighbour against neighbour bullying, and the blood of voiceless, helpless animals."


There are several issues one has to consider here.  Should a person be subjected to viewing this abject cruelty and not take action to stop it, even though they could be witnessing what amounts to extreme animal cruelty and torture?  If a wild animal is put into a small space for hours on end, it is only natural they will cause injury to themselves by trying to escape.  In this situation, it was only one hour and in this amount of time the animal had almost split open it's skull - try to imagine how much damage an animal would have inflicted upon itself having being trapped for hours on end.  Secondly, what kind of town council sets up a situation where neighbours are pitted against each other because of the absolute immorality of the situation, particularly when there are so many non-lethal humane alternatives available that would be acceptable to all.  The situation in the small town will only become worse as people hear the screams of the deer in the night, as mother deer, fawns and pregnant deer who are waiting for hours start banging themselves bloody against the steel traps only to next experience the cruel torture of the bolt gun - a steel rod that goes into the brain (and which may or may kill them only after several tries because of the struggling animal needing to be properly restrained.)  Never mind the fact that Mr Larry Milliken is not a trained trapper and has no qualifications what-so-ever to carry out this "humane death" and that no-one professional or from the world of animal welfare is allowed to witness this or determine if this indeed is a "humane" method of killing.