This is a story of how one whitetail deer caught the attention of the human race and in so doing, catapulted one deer, just one deer from Anywhere, Ontario, Canada into the hearts and minds of many.  CUPID the deer created an ecosphere; of faith, hope and love. In the telling of this tale, I have taken liberties to imagine how CUPID came to be.  I have also carved out space for the ecology of a whitetail deer and its natural environs. Whitetail deer are not native to this region. They arrived in the late 1800s – pushed further North from their natural habitats. 

The story weaves in and out of fact and fiction. Let your imagination soar as we invite mythology and the folklore of elves, fairy folk, and others to the table. There are truths and hardships surrounding the animal kingdom embedded throughout the telling of this tale: Loss of habitat, urbanization, poaching, and capture myopathy. 

This story, a memoir of CUPID the deer would never have been told, were it not for the inspiration of a photographer who lives, works and plays in CUPIDs hometown.  CUPIDs story is based on real life events. But that is another story. Follow me, let’s journey together to the forest edgelands, to the Whiskey Jack Forest. CUPIDs woodland friends are walking for miles and they are on a mission - calling upon those seldom heard and not always seen.