Montreal-area city running out of options to control population of white-tailed deer
-
Share on Facebook
-
Share on Bluesky
-
Share on X
- Copy Link
MONTREAL — An animal-rescue group says the white-tailed deer population in a park on Montreal’s south shore has more than doubled — months after the local government refused to euthanize about 15 of the animals.
The Longueuil, Que., city administration backtracked on its plan to cull half the deer living in Michel-Chartrand park after the idea sparked outrage last November and led to the local mayor being threatened.
Longueuil planned to relocate the animals to a sanctuary but the plan fell through in February after a veterinary ethics committee with Université de Montréal deemed the strategy unsafe.
Sauvetage Animal Rescue director Éric Dussault said today there are now about 70 deer in the park, a number he says is several times what the urban green space can support.
