Re: A little wisdom before throwing stones

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Years ago, I read about a cull hunt in a national park. The rangers (read professionals) had figured out that the park could sustain X amount of deer over winter, and they had X+ way too many. Protestors objected, the hunt was cancelled. About half the herd died from starvation. Those that were left were stunted and ill. Took years for the herd to recover.

We have thinned out the natural predators. Birth control doesn't work well with deer, and moving is expensive and dangerous for the deer., Minnesota has more deer now than before being settled, and in the fall and winter, you find them grazing on gardens or walking on highways. Hunting is a herd maintenance necessity. Minnetonka, a wealthy suburb, uses snipers to thin deer, and every one they shoot shows signs of car injury. While people want the herd thinned so their fruit trees can grow, they do not want to see it happen. Killing a deer in someones back yard will generate calls.
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