Ken McDaid

Ken McDaid of the Fair Chase League, a farmer and resident of Saskatchewan, has been trying to stop baiting in that province for many years.A hunter himself, McDaid is horrified by the baiting practice and tells anybody who will listen about his fears.But so far, nobody is listening.

"I've been banging my head against the wall for a long time now," said McDaid, clearly frustrated at the lack of progress his group has made with Saskatchewan Environment.
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In 1994, Ken McDaid, two former ministers of Saskatchewan Environment and several others formed the Fair Chase League.
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McDaid also believes that Saskatchewan's outfitting industry has a much larger say in the matter than they should.

"As a cattle producer I believe that CSALE'S report is yet more proof that game farming poses too great a threat to traditional agriculture and must be eliminated," concluded Ken McDaid of the Saskatchewan Fair Chase League.

"As a cattle producer I believe that CSALE'S report is yet more proof that game farming poses too great a threat to traditional agriculture and must be eliminated," concluded Ken McDaid of the Saskatchewan Fair Chase League.
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Ken McDaid, Saskatchewan Fair Chase League: (306) 984-4407 or (306) 883-7848

For Ken McDaid the answer is clear. Crystal clear."Shooting a bear with its head in a barrel or a deer with its head in a pile of grain, that's wrong," said McDaid, who farms south of Chitek Lake."To me, that's not hunting."McDaid is president of the Fair Chase League of Saskatchewan, an organization with a mission of fairer hunting and a ban on baiting in our province.Since their inception in 1994, most of their letters and phone calls centred on a single point - baiting is unethical.But recently their argument has changed."We started out on ethics and then got into this disease thing," said McDaid, who is a hunter but prefers to walk the forest while searching for game. "When you start artificial feeding and bunching them up, that's when disease becomes a problem."The Fair Chase League and McDaid are convinced baiting of deer is connected to the rise of Chronic Wasting Disease in Saskatchewan.

Banning wildlife baiting could reduce the spread of disease and make hunting more ethical and sustainable, says Ken McDaid of the Saskat-chewan Fair Chase League.

The league is calling on Saskat-chewan legislators to follow the lead of governments in Manitoba, Alberta, Wyoming and Colorado and ban the practice.

Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a "Don't Feed the Bears Act" banning baiting on federal land.

"To be sustainable and acceptable to the public, it needs to go," said McDaid about the practice of luring wild animals to centralized feeding stations.
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McDaid said outfitters in provinces such as British Columbia make a good living without baiting.He would like to see hunters in the bush with professional guides capable of tracking the highly valued trophy animals.

"If you had a guide for every hunter, there'd be a lot of employment," he said.

Banning wildlife baiting could reduce the spread of disease and make hunting more ethical and sustainable, says Ken McDaid of the Saskatchewan Fair Chase League.