Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officials saved a doe earlier this week that got stuck while trying to squeeze through an iron fence near Colorado Springs, prompting the department to warn residents of the state about the types of fencing they use in their yards.
“These are dangerous fences," CPW stated on Twitter Tuesday morning. "Deer get trapped and die trying to go through. Or they get impaled and die trying to leap them." Wildlife officer Cassidy English responded to the scene with volunteer Brianna Fett. They tranquilized the doe before carefully removing her from the fencing. A tranquilization reversal drug was administered and the deer skipped off into the wilderness.
Per CPW, wildlife-friendly fencing meets the following criteria:
• Highly visible
• Allows wildlife to easily jump over or crawl under
• Provides wildlife access to important habitats and travel corridors
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What if the fence was put up strictly to keep wildlife out of your crops or your garden? It almost sounds as if wildlife has the first priority to use of your land.
2 comments:
The comment is correct about wildlife having the right of way over private property. But the fact remains that poor wildlife management by the state of Colorado is forcing wildlife into populated areas because of the lack of forage in their natural habitat. If you doubt this take a look at the winter range for deer and elk in Colorado. If you know what you are looking for there can be no doubt that wildlife management has put license sales ahead of common sense management.
This is not only common to Colorado but also to its neighboring state of New Mexico concerning elk winter range. This state has guarded the number of hunting permits for elk in their effort to build up numbers and thereby increase license sales. The same is true for the Bighorn sheep habitat in the Pecos Wilderness which is badly overgrazed by the sheep which will lead to disease and die-off of the herd. The disease is lung worm, a common inhabitant of high mountain ranges where sheep are located. Don't believe the lie that domestic sheep brought in the disease!
Great comment, thanks.
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