Aggressive deer protecting fawns, and warnings to the public to be careful, is simply not enough according to the Mayor of Oak Bay.
Nils Jensen says communities all over the island and across BC are dealing with too many deer living in their communities, and says it's only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt by an over protective doe looking out for a fawn.
Jensen says while the Province has provided $20,000 for a contraceptive pilot project in Oak Bay which is slated to start later this summer, they should have provided more since it has the potential to become a province wide model that will help other communities dealing with the same issues.
" I would have thought that the province would come to the table with more funding to speed this up because this is a problem in Invermere, in Cranbrook, in Kimberly, up and down the island. And Nanaimo has a huge problem. And hopefully it won't take a serious personal injury for the province to do something about it. "
Jensen was reacting to recent stories of a man and his dog being closely stalked by a doe in Saanich, and a Gordon Head man having to use a baseball bat to stop a deer from going after his dog inside his yard.
Jensen notes residents in his community have been chased down streets, dogs have been injured, and last year one was killed.