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    • Deer

    The white-tailed deer stranded on a small, nameless island next to Horseshoe Falls (Kip Finn)

    The loneliest deer in Niagara Falls

    For a whole year, tourists have caught fleeting glimpses of a white-tailed deer marooned on a tiny island on the edge of the Horseshoe Falls. But don’t despair for the four-legged squatter.

    The game-meat crisis most Canadians have never heard of

    Chronic wasting disease in deer, elk, reindeer, caribou and moose is on the rise in three Canadian provinces. No human has yet been infected, but are governments taking the threat seriously?