Alberta says Livestock Act will not allow people to pay to hunt farmed elk, deer

EDMONTON - Alberta's agriculture minister is trying to kill rumours that a bill before the legislature would allow people to pay farmers to shoot elk and deer on farms.

Jack Hayden says the government does not support the idea of allowing hunting on farms that raise domestic elk and deer.

He says Bill 11, the Livestock Industry Diversification Act, simply transfers responsibility for elk and deer farms from the Sustainable Resources Development department to Alberta Agriculture. More