Someone poisoned an 18-metre-tall cottonwood in a park in Kelowna, B.C., by drilling holes into it and filling them with herbicide. It is the third incident of deliberate tree killing in the city in the past 12 months.
Posted: May 24, 2023 3:17 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 24
Mac Logan is getting tired of seeing mature trees being intentionally poisoned in Kelowna, B.C., and is now asking for witnesses to come forward after a third such incident in the city in 12 months. The 18-metre-tall tree, located at 1055 Sunset Dr., had more than two dozen drill holes in it that Logan said were filled with herbicide.City arborists expect the tree, which is the largest in the park and provides ample shade in summer months, will be completely dead within weeks.Last August, a large elm located at 900 Manhattan Dr., along with several aspens in the Kuipers Peak neighbourhood, were killed using the same technique.
Local couple Vickie and Jim Gurney were horrified to see the state of the tree when they rode their bikes by the park.
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