Anaïs Gasse, a biologist for the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, is aware that there is a higher than normal number of deer in the Eastern Townships, but the provincial government has been trying to address the situation for years.
“In the Eastern Townships, we have softer winters, we don’t have a lot of snow, we have relatively short winters and not so cold, so the deer have a lot of ways to save themselves and we don’t have very many effective predators in the territory,” Gasse told The Record last week.
There are no wolves in the region, she continued, noting there are maybe a few pockets of coyotes, some bears, but not nearly enough of them to effectively control the deer population. And since the winter isn’t as rigorous in the Townships, the deer have no one to contend with.
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Hunting permits keep Eastern Townships deer population under control
By Michael Boriero, Local Journalism Initiative
