Shooting Fish (or Elk) in a Barrel

Alberta’s struggling elk farmers are trying a gruesome new way to make money. Instead of just sending the elk off to be butchered and sold as high-end meat, they’d like to offer people to pay for the chance to shoot the animals. Lorne Fitch writes. Lorne is a retired Alberta government fish and wildlife biologist and a past adjunct professor with the University of Calgary. Published Nov. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/20/Shooting-Fish-Elk-Barrel/