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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-04-15, Page 16Page A16 - Goderich Signal -Star, Wednesday, April 15, 2009 FIRST TIME HOME BUYER? Take Advantage of great rates & low house prices! Call & make an appointment today for FREE PRE -APPROVAL or just get your questions answered. Mike Hodges Christy Alcock Mortgage Agent ' Mortgage Agent FSCO Lk. MO$002408 mike.hodges©migroup.ca WO Lk. MO8001240 christy.alcockGmigroup.ca 54 West St. Ooderich 519.524771 ext. 6 0.1) 1 I:l 1 I( iI• • WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Dungannon 519-529-7922 wwmic.com Coyote bounty, approval proves problematic at ACW Denny. Scott signal -star staff The council chamber was filled at the most recent meeting of Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh council as residents raised concerns about coyotes in the area and the time period resi- dents are allowed to kill the animals for bounty. 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He explained that by the time a hunter receives approval from the county of Huron and Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the time limit runs out on the bounty. The timing of the situation has become problematic. "Once a livestock has been predated, the live- stock evaluator goes to the farm and fills out a form that says, yes, it was killed by coyotes," Beverly Stevenson of the MNR explained. "The evaluator sends that form to the MNR and the stock owner will have already contacted 'a hunter or trapper." Once ;,;stock owner has reported a coyote attack, all the appropri- ate forms have to filled out and the hunter or trapper has less than a month to hunt within a set radius (from five to 10 km) from the attack, kill the animal and bring proof back to be paid the bounty. Coyote numbers are on the rise in Huron County according to Stevenson and are being attracted to farms where dead stock may not have been removed due to high costs for disposal. Farmers who cannot afford to have dead ani- mals removed, are dump- ing them in bushes near- by, which attracts coy- otes to the property. Animal control officer Bob Trick explained that the system works on the completion of appropri- ate forms, He visits the site of the attack, veri- fies the kill and cause and discusses hunters with property owners. Once a bounty kill is completed, he collects ears and provides them for testing. ;r, Ken Vanderburgh, who brought the issue for- ward to council, said the problem is a lack of writ- ten rules for the time- line. imeline. Both Trick and Stevenson explained that the MNR decides how much time a hunter has to find and kill the coy- ote before they lose the right to the bounty. One difficulty with the timeline is that hunting is easier for both the farmer and hunter in winter when it is easier to track the animal but Stevenson explained that waiting to hunt the pred- ator won't stop preda- tion in the affected area. Trick said that coyotes are becoming bolder and cited several examples of the animal coming into urban areas to look for food. In Goderich they are coming into town for garbage and food and in Bayfield coyotes preyed on a dog tied up in a backyard. Bounties are a prov- ince -wide initiative of the MNR but are only offered in Grey -Bruce, Huron and Ottawa areas. It was suggested that the MNR increase the time and distance to make it easier to kill coyotes but Vanderburgh said those increases would not help. "You don't need four months, you don't need two months," he said. " You need it during the right time." Friends of Ball Bridge awarded Shawn Loughlin special to the signal -star Huron County's histori- cal preservation has im- pressed the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, which awarded the friends of Ball's Bridge for their contribution to Ontario's cultural heritage land- scape. In an awards ceremony in late November, Daryl Ball was awarded the Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award, hon- ouring the work he and the friends of Ball's Bridge have done over the last several decades, and spe- cifically, in the last three years. The award specifical- ly recognized the pub- lic awareness campaign, restoration and funding to upgrade the bridge, as well as the group for "working tirelessly over several decades in this Photo submitted Daryl Ball was recently awarded the Margaret and Nicholas Hill Cultural Heritage Landscape Award for the work he and friends have done at Balls Bridge. province to heighten' our level of awareness and appreciation for Ontario's significant landscapes." Ball says he is honoured to have received the award and to be recognized for the work he and the project's supporters have done. In his application, Ball calls Ball's Bridge, "the bridge that love built," also saying that the resto- ration and preservation of the bridge is "a huge suc- cess story on the power of a well -organized citi- zen group."