Dear editor,Oh, great. Now we've had an unleashed dog chasing and killing deer in and around Filberg Park, where the deer used to be safe.Comox council deserves a share of the blame.Everyone knows bylaw enforcement here is a joke. Council has shirked its responsibility and created an atmosphere in which some people feel free to run their dogs off-leash in any park they like.Council's approach is, if you ignore a problem long enough, maybe it will go away.Council's method is, you can please some people by creating a bylaw, and the rest of them by not enforcing it. For that, we need a council?They know there's a dog control problem, and could have created a fenced dog park in an isolated area to protect both people and deer. Or, they could enforce our bylaws. They've done neither. I was recently in a city where deer roam freely and safely in public parks, and they're a huge tourist draw. Vendors sell packets of animal-friendly crackers to feed the deer. I don't think tourists will bring their children to Comox to watch a deer being mauled in a park by an out-of-control dog.So people have to fence their gardens and drive carefully. So what?I can hardly wait for another round of shrill letters from those who think keeping Fido on a leash in a public park is some kind of mortal sin. Council has let itself be intimidated by that tiny, noisy, minority, and endangered indigenous wildlife through its inaction.Council is part of the problem, not part of the solution.J. Cates,Comox
