Several white-tailed deer from Michel-Chartrand Park in Longueuil will be slaughtered, the City of Longueuil confirmed to the To have to.
The municipality is based on the conclusions of a report from the round table set up last May and that The duty obtained. “After evaluating all the possibilities, the members conclude that the only viable option in the short term to obtain lasting results is to proceed from 2022 to the reduction of the size of the herd by a method of capture and euthanasia in order to achieve the support capacity of the fleet ”, we can read.
According to the report, the number of deer exceeds more than five times the support capacity of the ecosystem. “Restoring ecological balance inevitably involves a significant, urgent and lasting reduction in the number of deer in excess in the park,” adds one in the report, which will be made public tomorrow morning.
The table had been created to examine the ecological balance and the preservation of Michel-Chartrand Park, and to issue recommendations before the end of the fall.
Several dozen deer are presently in the park. In November last year, Longueuil announced the slaughter of about fifteen animals due to their overpopulation. Their large number threatens the vegetation and biodiversity of the park, as well as the safety of motorists.
However, this decision caused an uproar and a petition of 40,000 names had been filed. The mayor at the time, Sylvie Parent, who had also received death threats, then reversed her decision.
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