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It's hunting season: Nearly 200 deer in eastern Montreal park to be culled to curb overpopulation

CBC 04 Nov

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It's hunting season: Nearly 200 deer in eastern Montreal park to be culled to curb overpopulation — Sources: CBC

The nearly $350,000 hunt will take place in the Pointe-aux-Prairies Nature Park over a few nights next week. The current deer population density in the area is 10 times higher than provincial guidelines call for. Experts say the forest can’t sustain that.

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