Trapping shouldn’t even be legal anymore. We don’t need animal pelts to trade for medicine and grain. Let these beautiful animals live their lives and prevent these “accidents”
ticks are nothing new....stop with the fear mongering already...stay out of bush and tall grass if you are scared. check your clothes and body...carry on.
I’m sure humans can come up with other ways to meet spiritual needs. How does letting an animal suffer in a trap to harvest its skin meet those needs more than an alternative can. I understand culture, I understand connection and community. I hunt and fish and certainly am not ignorant to any of this whatsoever, but the need to kill animals for something other than sustenance is not necessary in this day and age.
@Kay Rein - it is NOT part of everyone's culture and tradition. and in fact, it is not necessary -and in my opinion, just cruel. i doubt very much that leaving an animal to suffer while is it trapped in a snare is a "good" relationship.
So...they expanded the parking lot because they said they need more spaces, but now they're saying they have more parking than they need, so they're carving off part of the old parking lot for 'business development'? Have I got that right? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Didn't help that Taranis showed up on May 11th to start the work, dug up the road and left a trench for 2 weeks before coming back at all. The city needs to stop handing out contract to companies that don't work.
Ticks are nothing new - the overwhelming prevalence of ticks is new. And they are all over the place, not just in "bush and tall grass". It used to be you might have to check yourself after going bushwhacking. Nowadays, just moving the lawn is cause for concern.
Nothing but good things can be said about this sport/industry. The level of commitment and determination is staggering, far more than the average person could ever imagine.Kudos to all.
It would be great to have some confidence in our judicial system that these perpetrators would be punished and a serious message sent to future drug pushers. Unfortunately, I have zero confidence in that.
No one is "fearmongering". Facts are being presented to educate people who most likely don't have your expertise in all things tick-related. These Lyme disease-bearing ticks are becoming more invasive as the climate changes their environment. Lyme disease can cause severe and long-lasting effects on people. What is your issue anyway with facts, science and effective antibiotics and informing people of such? Where is the "fearmongering"?