According to cost breakdowns provided in the documents, deer eradication amounted to a little more than $4 million of the $12 million total, including $137,407 to facilitate “firearms registration for international workers,” as the hunters brought in to cull the deer were from the United States and New Zealand — plus $35,000 for their work permits.
The eradication costs also include $67,680 for helicopters, and $329,760 for the scent-tracking dogs earmarked for phase two of the cull, expected to begin this fall.
A total of $800,000 was set aside to facilitate Indigenous participation in the program, which includes payments to three area First Nations, as well as $108,800 for meat harvesting, and $15,250 each for cultural and spiritual workers to train crews.
Other costs include $2.3 million for salaries for Parks Canada staff, $1.4 million for analysis and studies and $3.3 million in miscellaneous costs.
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Why do something for free, when we can embezzle and steal money from you?
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[ + ] SocksOnCats
[ - ] SocksOnCats 2 points 11 monthsMay 29, 2024 12:02:35 ago (+2/-0)
So let me tell you a little story (which happens to be completely true):
Way back, when I was a kid in the 80s, there was a bunch of deer on Angel Island [in the San Francisco Bay Area]. And I mean a BUNCH of deer. They were everywhere, and they were aggressive. One of the damned things chased my Mom, trying to eat a napkin she was holding. Lots of stories about the overly aggressive and numerous deer, hikers and tourists being assaulted and damaged, blah, blah...
Something had to be done about the deer. But what? Well, as for most issues around here, a committee was formed. Oh yay - cause committees solve everything, right?
The committee came up with some plans. Spaying and transporting were at the top of the list. (The rest of the plans were ridiculous.)
Research indicated spaying would cost something like $1,600 per deer and transporting (off the island to a remote location where the deers could wreak their havoc in peace) would cost something like $1,000 per deer. And San Francisco, who only has money for the homeless and free drug dispensaries and (ahem) undocumented persons, decided this was far too expensive.
Oh what ever were they going to do about the deers?
Just as they were about to abandon the whole enterprise to nature, some enterprising person exclaimed "hey, why don't we just shoot them?" Oh lords, you could hear the screams from Colma. Shoot? The deers? OMFG NO! What a monster!
But then, as things calmed down, people came to their senses and realized they could make money off this radical plan to shoot the deers. Messed up, right? (But hey: San Francisco.) And so, this group of people in this committee actually floated the idea with the public, of getting professional (and otherwise somehow "qualified" hunters) to come to Angel Island for a deer hunt. Oh yes, they did.
And the public reacted just about how you'd expect them to react. Well, for the 'San Francisco' public. As you might imagine, the idea didn't go over well. Meaning, it failed spectacularly. The public revolted. There was talk of lynchings. (Okay, not really, but this is San Francisco and hypocrisy has always been rampant.)
So ... the committee went back to their dark room, and decided to lay low for a while.
Time passed. The deers continued their assault. San Francisco politicos felt the increasing pressure from the public to do something. ("Oh gawds DO something for us!")
And so one day, [the San Francisco politicos] borrowed a bunch of night-vision goggles. They called up a bunch of interested hunters (who were somehow "qualified" - i.e.: the hunters paid the city). And they all took a midnight boat to Angel Island.
And suddenly ... there weren't as many deer.
Just. Like. That.
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Shut up and don’t talk about things you don’t understand.