Farmers in the Cowichan Valley are losing crops and dealing with property and field damage caused by Roosevelt Elk, which have become a regular fixture on some farms in the area.
The threatened species typically moves to lower elevations during the winter months searching for more plentiful food, but in the last few years, in the Duncan area, some herds have been staying year-round on farmland.
The elk damage to the hay fields has reduced the number of harvests from four to three in a season, said Davis. A University of Alberta research project intended to reduce human-elk conflict in the Cowichan Valley started in August 2021.
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