WHEREAS British Columbia communities have been experiencing high populations of urban ungulates and are attempting to address the urban ungulatehuman interactions; AND WHEREAS currently the Wildlife Act prohibits the use of dogs to harass wildlife as a means to reduce urban ungulate population: Therefore be it resolved that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities request the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to develop a permitting provision in the Wildlife Act Permit Regulation that will allow communities with an urban ungulatehuman interaction problem, and who are proactively addressing the situation with bylaws and communications, to apply for a permit for aversive conditioning of ungulates by trained dogs to further address the health and safety of both their residents and the urban ungulates.
