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Old 05-31-2013, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by walking buffalo View Post
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Co-exist. Sure.
Without negative consequences for the elk? Nope. There is competition, relative to the population density of both species.Hopefully and I do expect that this petition to wrangle control of these Feral animals away from the province will fail.
It is much more complicated than that. Feral horses stay on the best winter forage all day long and they stay on it until it is consumed, leaving nothing for the elk to feed on. Predators don't bother them or chase them off the feed as they do with elk.
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