2 longhorn elk in Banff put down after charging incidents

September 08, 2017
Technology

Parks Canada says dual longhorn elk in Banff National Park have been killed after they acted a hazard to visitors in a townsite.

Bill Hunt, apparatus assign manager with Parks Canada’s Banff margin unit, pronounced visitors hadÂ two apart “contact incidents”Â with dual opposite elk in August, one on a 23rd and another on a 25th.

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Hunt pronounced no injuries were reported in possibly occurrence though a elks’ contemptuous poise was means for concern.

“In cases like that, these animals turn possibilities for destruction,” Hunt said, adding that there is a culling of elkÂ in Banff National Park each year to safeguard a “healthy population.”

BUGLING ELK

Parks Canada says dual longhorn elk in Banff National Park have been broken following dual ‘contact incidents’ with park visitors in August. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press record photo)

Hunt pronounced Parks Canada staff work to follow elk divided from city each morning since a animals use a townsite as cover from predators.

‘Bulls get unequivocally aggressive’

Hunt pronounced it is critical for park guest to know a anniversary risks surrounding elk.

While open is calving deteriorate and females turn some-more aggressive, Hunt saidÂ fall is mating deteriorate and longhorn elk need to be given a far-reaching berth.

“The bulls get unequivocally aggressive, they get unequivocally territorial, they’re fortifying their cows,” Hunt said. “So it’s critical for visitors to keep a conduct adult and unequivocally give those elk a lot of room.”