http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2006/05/23/1593230-sun.html

EDMONTON -- Greg Szewaga had a secret.

At first, he kept it in storage. Now it's in a glass showcase next to the gym equipment in his basement.

Fifteen years ago, the rig welder from Edmonton was up near Bonnyville building a gas plant. Stories swirled at the site about an albino mule deer, white as salt, shot on a November evening in 1970 by a farmer.

The farmer had the animal stuffed by a taxidermist in Edmonton and kept its existence a secret.

The farmer was convinced he'd done something wrong, killing such a rare animal and being vain enough to preserve the evidence.

Szewaga, an animal lover and former hunter, had to see it for himself.

I've heard it may go for as much as a million. But I'm not sure where I heard that.

strange thing to say:

Szewaga, an animal lover and former hunter, had to see it for himself.

sell a stuffed deer to open an animal shelter... seems a bit - I dunno -
unbalanced?:-/

Yep, trophy hunters love to shoot these beautiful unusual animals. They make keen trophies.

My husband saw a white deer last Fall. I hope nobody shot it.... :cry:

THey are more beautiful alive if you ask me.

Let me add a nicer story. On a German island there was a white pheasant. People did go hunting there, but the white pheasant was found dead one day of natural causes and then stuffed.

strange thing to say:

Szewaga, an animal lover and former hunter, had to see it for himself.

I dunno. It does say former hunter. I think using the money he makes from the sale to build an animal shelter would be a pretty good use of it.

I dunno. It does say former hunter. I think using the money he makes from the sale to build an animal shelter would be a pretty good use of it.

I agree, that would be a good use for it. just seems like an odd way of funding it... extortion of an animal to help an animal...?

or maybe my sleepy mind just can't get around it right now...