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2011 Press Releases:

Wildlife People Hate  – A Photographic Exhibit
Friday April 1, 2011, London, Ontario:  Beginning  April 1, 2011, The VegOut  Restaurant at 646 Richmond Street, London Ontario will be hosting a new photographic exhibit portraying  three common wildlife species that are negatively labeled as 'nuisance'. 

2010 Press Releases:

No shooting at Presqu'ile Provincial Park this spring
In December 2009, a total of eleven groups and individuals filed with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MoE) for a Full Environmental Assessment challenging a proposal by Ontario Parks to continually kill White-tailed Deer and Double-crested Cormorants for the next ten years at Presqu'ile Provincial Park near Belleville Ontario. The proposal also eliminated public oversight and reporting.

2009 Press Releases:

Ontario Makes History - Cancels Deer Hunt
Toronto, Sunday April 5, 2009 – The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has decided not to proceed with a controversial deer hunt in Southern Ontario which proposed to extend the archery season into January when deer are at their most vulnerable and most likely in their trimester of pregnancy.