Letter from Minister: Bill 11 expressly forbids shoot farms

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to the editorial Go shoot a steer instead, that appeared in the Red Deer Advocate on March 16, 2011, regarding Bill 11, the Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act (LIDAA), and hunt farms in Alberta.

Bill 11 is a direct transfer of full legislative authority for diversified livestock, including elk and deer, from the Wildlife Act to Agriculture and Rural Development’s Livestock Industry Diversification Act (LIDA). It is not about hunt farms. More