Alberta’s new ‘Harvest preserves’ raise disease spread worries

Alberta’s new ‘Harvest preserves’ raise disease spread worries

Alberta is set to allow hunting of farmed elk and deer within fenced enclosures.

Alberta’s new ‘Harvest preserves’ raise disease spread worries

Alberta is set to allow hunting of farmed elk and deer within fenced enclosures.

Alberta's new 'Harvest preserves' raise disease spread worries

Photo: By Trent Wilkie Local Journalism Initiative Reporter St. Albert Gazette Alberta is set to allow hunting of farmed elk and deer within fenced enclosures. The proposal is part of Bill 10, a red tape reduction bill introduced Monday, and would allow “harvest preserves” — fenced areas where hunters can pay to shoot farmed elk and deer. The province says the move will create new revenue for cervid (members of the deer family) producers and boo…