Deer Kill

• Parks Canada pauses Sidney Island deer kill after animals entangled in netting

  Parks Canada has hit pause on the second phase of a controversial program to eradicate invasive deer from a small Gulf Island near Victoria.

  Environment

  Nov 6, 2024
  
• At $10K per deer, critics question cost of Sidney Island eradication plan

  Parks Canada concluded the first phase in its plan to eliminate the European fallow deer population on Sidney Island this month.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2023
  
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• 84 deer killed on Sidney Island in controversial eradication program

  Residents of the private island voted narrowly in February to support the deer kill, which Parks Canada said is necessary to protect the island's ecosystem.

  Environment

  Dec 20, 2023
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• Plan to cull deer on Sidney Island, B.C. divides residents

  Parks Canada and local First Nations say an estimated 300 to 900 invasive deer, which were introduced to Sidney Island in the mid 1900s, are decimating the native ecosystem.

  Environment

  Sep 29, 2023