Education
MARS Moment 2013
by Sandy Fairfield, MARS Education Coordinator
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One of the most endearing and enchanting of our local wildlife species has to be the deer, especially when they are fawns. The Black Tailed Deer are the only deer species found on Vancouver Island, but other deer species inhabit the coastal mainland, Vancouver, and the Fraser Valley. Each year during the winter months, M.A.R.S. receives many deer-related inquiries; "why do they look so mangy", "why are they eating plants they don't usually touch", "there's a dead deer in my shed", and tragically, "what should I do when a deer is hit by a car"?
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 Photo by Jim Dubois
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