Montreal Suburb Begins Controversial Deer Cull to Reduce Population in Local Park

Montreal Suburb Begins Controversial Deer Cull to Reduce Population in Local Park
A white-tailed deer in Michel-Chartrand park in Longueuil, Canada, on Nov. 14, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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A Montreal suburb began an operation on Tuesday to kill white-tailed deer in one of its local parks after years of legal battles with activists seeking to save the animals.

A spokesman for the City of Longueuil confirmed that Michel-Chartrand park is closed to the public while hunters armed with air rifles reduce the size of the herd.