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The Livestock Protection Program (LPP) helps prevent and mitigate impacts from wildlife to cattle and sheep. It also provides verification and compensation for injury, harassment or death caused by wolves or coyotes.
The program’s goals are:
The program aims to inspect and verify predator kills within 36 hours of discovery and to implement mitigation measures within 24-48 hours of positive verification of predation.
Producers are expected to implement best management practices to reduce predation:
If a producer discovers a predator attack, injury or evidence of harassment, they should call the toll free livestock protection hotline at 1-844-852-5788 to start a claim.
Producers should also take photos of the evidence and, in the event of death, preserve the carcass for inspection.
There are two possible methods for verifying predation:
Livestock producers who have completed the Verification Training Course offered by the BC Conservation Officer Service can conduct their own verification inspection.
Simply complete the LPP Verification & Compensation Application Form (fillable PDF) then email it to the LPP coordinator for review. A $150 fee will be issued by the program after the form has been received.
For livestock owners who cannot self-verify, the LPP coordinator will send a wildlife specialist to the site to conduct an inspection.
The LPP coordinator will review all verification forms and, if predation was the result of a wolf or coyote attack, will forward forms to the BC Ministry of Agriculture for claim and payment processing. Compensation will be provided based on age the of animals involved and market value.
Verification forms and compensation claims for other wildlife (bear, cougar, dogs, etc.) will be reviewed and submitted by the CO service.
The LPP coordinator will also review the BMPs used by the producer before deciding whether additional prevention measures must be taken. If they are not satisfied that sufficient BMPs were implemented, claims for verification, mitigation and compensation may be denied.
Upon confirmation of a wolf or coyote attack, the LPP coordinator will dispatch a wildlife specialist to initiate mitigation activities.
Only wildlife specialists who are registered with the program will be dispatched and compensated for mitigation services and the specialist will submit a report to the coordinator detailing what mitigation activities were completed.
The LPP Coordinator will follow up with the producer to review mitigation activities and discuss any further recommendations.
24-hour hotline 1‐844‐852‐5788 LPP coordinator Cam Hill