Save the deer and cormorants at Point Pelee National Park!

The Issue

https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/on/pelee/securite-safety/bulletins/~/link.aspx?_id=4F972FA2ABE6474A8BD03357A4A09E9D&_z=z

Point Pelee National Park kills deer and cormorants as “hyperabundant”.  They claim the deer and cormorants damage the park by grazing and pooping, despite these being completely natural processes in ecosystem evolution.  Killing is euphemistically termed “reduction”.  The cormorants came back after a ban on DDT, and the deer are not hyperabundant.  But even if they were, killing will only bring in a backlash of more deer and cormorants.  Cormorants can be managed without killing.  There are also humane very effective contraceptives used for deer that can be used instead, with no rebound populations.  No killing ever has to occur in a park, which should be a sanctuary for wildlife. 

Please stop killing, and instead work with organizations that promote non lethal coexistence.  SpayVac offers a contraceptive vaccine that works really well for deer.  Please stop killing deer.  There are far more humane ways to live with cormorants and deer.  www.spayvac.comhttps://www.change.org/p/stop-montreal-s-300-000-deer-slaughter-promote-non-lethal-solutions

https://www.change.org/p/stop-montreal-s-deer-cull-and-promote-sterilization?signed=true

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Nicole CorradoPetition StarterI am a visual artist.

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The Issue

https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/on/pelee/securite-safety/bulletins/~/link.aspx?_id=4F972FA2ABE6474A8BD03357A4A09E9D&_z=z

Point Pelee National Park kills deer and cormorants as “hyperabundant”.  They claim the deer and cormorants damage the park by grazing and pooping, despite these being completely natural processes in ecosystem evolution.  Killing is euphemistically termed “reduction”.  The cormorants came back after a ban on DDT, and the deer are not hyperabundant.  But even if they were, killing will only bring in a backlash of more deer and cormorants.  Cormorants can be managed without killing.  There are also humane very effective contraceptives used for deer that can be used instead, with no rebound populations.  No killing ever has to occur in a park, which should be a sanctuary for wildlife. 

Please stop killing, and instead work with organizations that promote non lethal coexistence.  SpayVac offers a contraceptive vaccine that works really well for deer.  Please stop killing deer.  There are far more humane ways to live with cormorants and deer.  www.spayvac.comhttps://www.change.org/p/stop-montreal-s-300-000-deer-slaughter-promote-non-lethal-solutions

https://www.change.org/p/stop-montreal-s-deer-cull-and-promote-sterilization?signed=true

avatar of the starter
Nicole CorradoPetition StarterI am a visual artist.

The Decision Makers

Point Pelee National Park Management
Point Pelee National Park Management
SpayVac
SpayVac

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