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jfcfr 22 economist suntribune whitchurchrstouffville thursday april 25 2002 x in new by joan ransberry fvt- stejf writer vitchustbuffvilles new firearms bylaw is expected to be usedasa model by municipali ties across ontario those attend ing a public hearing last week vsseretold immediately after details of the proposed firearms bylaw were aired on april 16 whitchurchstoufrville council passed it giving farmers the right to post sighs and to allow hunters onto their property pro viding their farms are a mini mum of 25 acres under the new law a fanner can hunt wildlife or have a hunter use a gun oh the farm as long as the fanner has given the hunter written permission farmers are also allowed to post yellow plastic signs reading no hunting without written permission of the owner the first sign valued at 5 will be a gift from the municipal ity theres a great deal of inter- est in whats going on in j whitchurchstouffville said i- town clerk michele kennedy j municipalities across ontario are expected to model their bylaws after us she said last october facing concerns from residents that hunters were shooting their guns near resi dential areas council agreed to consider an acrosstheboard bylaw prohibiting the discharge of firearms the only exception was to befarmers there was however opposition to the pro posal it came from the farmers thehunters and the ministry of natural resources some wildlife populations including coyotes raccoons j whitetailed deer and canada geese have increased dramati cally in recent years in munici palities where hunting is limited ofrestricted mrs kennedy said farmers were worried that further tampering with laws linked to the discharge of firearms will pose a threat for the agriculture community as wildlife is a cause of major crop damage and loss stressed mrs kennedy many farmers rely on hunters to help control the wildlife population she added last fall when considering amending local hunting laws town staff met withrepfesenta- tives of the ministry of natural resources and whitchurch- stouffyille veterinarian dr terry oconnor of the york county crop improvement association as it stands about 60 per cent of the municipality is defined as an area where discharging of firearms is prohibited this is in our residential areas mayor wayne errimerson said south of aurora road which is a more heavily populated area of the town hunting is prohibited on 75 per cent of the land only farmers are exempted from the ban in the areas where discharg- ing a firearm is prohibited neither the ministry nor the town will respond to violations of the firearms law only the york regional police will deal with calls linked to guns the mayor told last weeks meeting the police will have the right to lay charges mayor emmerson said individuals who do not want any hunting on their property are being encouraged to pur- chase and post red no trespassing signs these signs can be purchased at a dollar store for about one dollar said mrs kennedy a 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