City says clover traps damaged, game cameras set up to monitor traps were stolen as well

* <https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/author/trevor-crawley/> TREVOR CRAWLEY
* Feb. 7, 2020 12:00 p.m.
* <https://www.cranbrooktownsman.com/local-news/> LOCAL NEWS
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Damage and vandalism to clover traps and accompanying equipment has significantly impacted Cranbrook’s urban deer cull efforts, according to a <https://cranbrook.civicweb.net/document/45946/ADMINISTRATION%20UPDATE%20REGULAR%20-%20February%2010%202020.pdf?handle=EE72F87165574189ABFF14C096805E65> report from city staff that will be presented during Monday’s council meeting.

Seven out of 10 traps available from the province have been damaged enough to make them unusable, while game cameras set up to monitor those traps, given vandalism to clover traps during deer cull efforts in the past, were also stolen.

Out of the 10 cameras purchased by the city and set up to monitor the traps, six were stolen and memory cards out of two more cameras were removed.

However, some images were captured and…