Some Franklin County residents are upset with the way the owner of wandering elk dealt with his animals on the loose. The elk were found wandering through the county a couple of weeks ago. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture began looking for the owner hoping to avoid having to euthanize the elk. The owner was identified. Instead of the owner placing his elk back on his property, he told people they could shoot them. Elk were reintroduced to Tennessee last year for the first time in 150 years.
Shannon Medley may not see the roaming elk again now that most are dead. The owners of the elk gave Franklin County farmers the ok to shoot them.
Medley said, “Some of these guys, they are not farmers. To call in a bunch of guys and just start shooting, it’s not right. I was told if they shot one time, they shot 100 times.”
[Franklin Co. Elk Killed, Residents Upset - WKRN - 11-25-07]
Owners of wildlife having the decision?
Isn’t ownership of wildlife against the law?