[burbotman]

Originally Posted by ghfalls

I like this part of the release from the sheep foundation.


We also question what the need is to allow the Simpcw and Stoney to hunt in the park in the first place. In addition to the Simpcw and Stoney’s own reserve land, there are 100,000,000 acres of Crown land to hunt on in Alberta and 85% of Alberta’s parks systems provide hunting opportunities. In fact, there are more opportunities to hunt on easily accessible public land in Alberta than perhaps any other jurisdiction in the world. Simply put, there is no shortage of places to hunt in Alberta. We do not understand the need to hunt in a national park which is specifically designated as wilderness reserve protected from hunting.

We would like Parks Canada to provide their reasoning that the 100,000,000 acres available for hunting in Alberta is not enough for the Simpcw and Stoney and that they need to hunt in a national park.

With great respect we acknowledge and revere the importance of aboriginal peoples’ traditional hunting heritage. Yet, we must consider that big game animals in Jasper are habituated to humans. In many cases, sheep and elk in Jasper are tame. We ask whether shooting a tame animal, outside of a regulated hunting season, in a national park, with a rifle is a ‘traditional hunt’? We also note that some of the biggest bull elk and bighorn sheep rams on the entire continent frequent the roadside ditches in Jasper. We ask is the proposed hunt a trophy hunt or is it a traditional sustenance hunt?

Good last paragraph, Really from my perspective it is a ceremonial Cull