The DNR is considering a rule change.
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UPPER PENINSULA -- The Department of Natural Resources is considering a rule change that would allow hunters to harvest albino deer.
The animals have been off-limits for decades, but this week the Natural Resources Commission will consider changing the regulation. Based on hunter reports, it's been estimated that about one in 30,000 deer are albinos.
State biologists believe there's no scientific reason to protect albino deer. Some residents, though, consider them a wonder of nature.
A new law would also make it easier to control all exotic white deer species that have escaped from game farms in the Lower Peninsula.
"By removing the protection on albino and all white deer, we're also relieving the protection on those exotic escaped species, and they can be taken as legal harvest," explains Ann Wilson of the DNR.
The NRC is seeking public comment on the proposal.
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