COVID found in three Quebec deer
For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife.
White-tailed deer
Wolves hunted by day instead of night during pandemic, documentary shows
Canadian documentary "Nature's Big Year" catalogues what wildlife ecologist Jason Fisher and his colleagues at the University of Victoria predicted; with fewer people in nature and that animals would take back their territory.
Quebec city opts not to kill white-tailed deer, will relocate them instead
A Quebec municipality that had planned to cull about 15 white-tailed deer in the coming days relented late Monday, November 23, 2020, amid pressure on officials to relocate the animals
More wildlife sightings during COVID-19 isolation
When Josianne Plante looked out her window on a recent morning, she was surprised to see a pair of large, bare-headed wild turkeys going for a stroll through her east-end Montreal neighbourhood.
Threatened woodland caribou need better protection, study says
A new study done in northeastern Alberta suggests habitat restoration may not be enough to save threatened woodland caribou, at least in the short term, and researchers at the University of British Columbia say their results make the case for a more rigorous analysis of conservation methods.
New Brunswick extends bow hunt to control deer population in populated areas
As roaming deer become a growing problem in New Brunswick municipalities, destroying gardens and even confronting pedestrians, the New Brunswick government is planning a controlled bow hunt within the city of Saint John this fall to deal with the nuisance.