Re: “Chickens pose no threat,” Letters, February 6
I did not say that “chickens pose no threat” (your headline) in my letter that you kindly published. I said that in my personal experience, they are a relatively lesser attractant and that burdening city staff was less appropriate than would it be to expect them to police fruit trees or compost.
I also pointed out the possible perception that a bear biologist might have an interest in getting to write a set of rigid and complicated rules that would become part of that burden. That is not the same thing and I do not want to be quoted inaccurately in the possible, but less likely case, that there is a chicken related bear incident one day.
We cannot predict and control everything, and furthermore I do not want to contribute to painting a world black or white, although I appreciate the need to help readers to quickly identify what they wish to read, or not.
Andre Piver
Nelson