B.C. residents call on Parks Canada to consider other options, not kill beavers
PENDER ISLAND, B.C. — A battle over beavers is brewing on South Pender Island, B.C., where residents are vowing to save the animals from being destroyed.
The beavers have been building their own dams in Greenburn Lake, threatening an earthen dam constructed on part of the Gulf Island National Park Reserve, an area administered by Parks Canada.
Wendy Scholefield, a trustee with the Islands Trust, a body that protects the area, says Parks Canada put up a notice by the lake last week saying the beavers would be trapped and killed on Monday.
Scholefield says she and the other trustee for the area were also emailed about the plan, adding Parks Canada announced it without the public consultation that had been promised.