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Hunters registered four deer kills in the West Island in 2020, according to new data from Quebec’s Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks.
The continuing phenomenon of hunting in an urban setting like Montreal is more evidence that municipal bylaws restricting the activity and regulating the use of weapons are ineffective, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Mayor Paola Hawa said.
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“Whether there’s four or 11 or 14, I want zero,” Hawa said Wednesday, on the eve of a meeting of the agglomeration council where she is to table a motion calling for the provincial government to ban hunting on the island.
Montreal, suburbs to call on province to outlaw hunting on island Montreal and the island suburbs plan to pass a motion next week condemning sport hunting on the island and calling on the Quebec government to remove the island from a provincial hunting zone.
Author of the article: Linda Gyulai • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 3 minute read • Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue mayor Paola Hawa on the edge of the L Anse-à-l Orme Nature Park. There is no room, no place and no logic in allowing weapons in an environment where families are trying to take advantage of our natural spaces, she says. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette