By Gary McKinnon

SAVING ELK

Elk collision renews call for wildlife fencing through Canmore

Apr 30, 2019 | 6:51 AM

CANMORE- An environmental group is renewing calls for wildlife fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway through Canmore after seven elk were killed on the weekend in a collision with a transport truck.

Officials with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative, which is based in Canmore, say fencing and an overpass for wildlife to cross over the busy highway would make it safer for animals and people.

RCMP say the truck driver wasn’t hurt in the collision, but noted officers had to put down three of the seven elk that were hit.

This is the third time this year that multiple elk have been killed in one night on the busy thoroughfare through the town.

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The environmental group has an ongoing letter-writing campaign for a wildlife overpass to be built east of Canmore with fencing that would extend through the town to Banff National Park.

Local residents have also started a petition to try to get the provincial government to consider the safety measures.

(The Canadian Press)