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Donald Dube Killed In Deer Attack: Herd Of 11 Animals Euthanized At Request Of Family In New Brunswick

CP     First Posted: 10/13/11 03:38 PM ET   Updated: 12/13/11 05:12 AM ET

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Natural Resources Department says an entire herd of deer was euthanized at the request of the family of a man killed by one of the animals.

Donald Dube (DUE-Bay) died Sunday night while feeding his herd of domesticated deer behind his home in Saint-Leonard.

Police say the dominant buck in the herd attacked and killed the 55-year-old man with its antlers and hoofs.

Provincial game wardens later killed the buck and the other 10 deer on the family property and disposed of them in a landfill.

Anne Bull, a spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Department, says the 11 deer were killed rather than released into the wild because of the family's request.

The government issues permits to keep some deer species in captivity, but Bull refused to say whether Dube had a permit for his herd.

Dube's family could not be reached for comment.

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CarlyQ
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12:01 AM on 10/17/2011
Bad enough the deer were killed for what seems vengeance, but their bodies just dumped in a landfill as well instead of being harvested?

I'd really like to know who the brainiac was behind this decision.
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12:28 PM on 10/15/2011
For the life of me, I can't understand why they needed to put down the whole herd. The stag, sure; even tho deer don't turn man-killer if they get the taste of human on their "good things to eat" list; they eat freaking grass.

perhaps dropping the rest of the family would have been a better idea, them calling for the slaughter of the herd.
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12:17 PM on 10/14/2011
Capital punishment for deer? What happened to this man was a tragedy, but this is not the appropriate reaction. This is deplorable. As someone pointed out - killing them out of vindictiveness is inexcusable, letting good food rot while people go wanting is just as bad.
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07:36 PM on 10/13/2011
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07:27 PM on 10/13/2011
Did I read that the Dubes requested the deer be killed?

It should have read, Rubes!
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06:08 PM on 10/13/2011
Disposed of them in a land fill? Farm-raised venison.
There are hungry people who could benefit. I'm pretty sure there are native people and hunters who would know what to do. Why not ask the people who use every part of the animal?
THe hides make beautiful clothing, gloves.
What a terrible, disrespectful waste.
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05:55 PM on 10/13/2011
I can understand not releasing them into the wild. They have been raised on a farm, and would most likely starve in the wild. But to slaughter them and dump them in a landfill when we have people who are not getting enough food, that is the crime here. If that government hands out permits to allow people to raise wild animals, surely they would have been able to find another rancher that would like to increase his herd by 11 animals.
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CharlesBrown008
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05:29 PM on 10/13/2011
Did anyone tried to talk the family out of the request for killing the other 10 deers? There must be some bright bulbs in the Natural Resources Department or why else were they hired.
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06:46 PM on 10/13/2011
Pretty disgusting agency.
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05:06 PM on 10/13/2011
So the family requested that the deer be killed because a member of the family did something out of his own judgement? Does killing the deer really bring him back?

I also wonder when policy makers started taking orders from the general public.
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05:04 PM on 10/13/2011
Now they've done it, they'll be an entire deer revolt. I understand it's already started with that deer in London causing problems... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/deer-terrorizes-tourists_n_1007383.html?ir=Canada#comments

The day the deer turned! I can't wait for the movie...
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05:07 PM on 10/13/2011
You have a strange sense of humour.
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05:21 PM on 10/13/2011
As humor is completely subjective I can't really argue with you on that point :)
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05:02 PM on 10/13/2011
ELEVEN! This is cr@p!
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04:36 PM on 10/13/2011
Seriously, why? This makes no sense at all...
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gwinegarden
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05:06 PM on 10/13/2011
They killed the buck that was responsible. What possible reason would they have to kill the other 10?
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07:27 PM on 10/13/2011
I'm thinking they somehow "just know" the rest of the herd was in on it..
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OneGreater
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09:48 PM on 10/13/2011
And why hide in bushes and shoot flying ducks? Men can be mean.
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04:30 PM on 10/13/2011
The deer should have been released back into the wild. What a waste of nature! And how Romanesque. A penned, male deer, likely trying to protect its own herd, is wiped out along with all the others for doing what is natural to them. The family had a choice to set these animals free or have them killed. It was thumbs down. Too bad for your loss, but thumbs down on your values. Stay away from animals in the future.
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04:28 PM on 10/13/2011
But why?
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sillyfrog
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06:48 PM on 10/13/2011
Must be a relative or friend working in that agency. Still shouldn't have happened.
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