Four people who say cutting down thousands of moth-infested trees in Stanley Park is causing them distress and sadness have failed in a bid to have a judge order the removal halted, at least until the courts can hear their arguments to stop the tree felling permanently. …Justice Maegen Giltrow said there is a dispute between the two sides about whether a report by B.A. Blackwell and Associates that the city relies on to remove an estimated 160,000 trees, or about a third of the park’s half a million trees, is “scientifically sound” and whether the tree removal to fight the hemlock looper moth infestation is necessary or safe. …Giltrow concluded that she wouldn’t grant the injunction against the tree removal because “even though the applicants have raised credible and legitimate questions about the process… it’s unlikely that the “novel” duty of care argument would be successful at trial.”