| Urban Deer Goin' to the Country |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Wednesday, 03 December 2008 | |
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Deer populations in some urban communities are now dubbed a nuisance. In Helena, Montana, for example, one buck charged a teenager traveling on his paper route, forcing him to hide under a truck for 20 minutes. Helena's urban deer population has grown to more than 300 and has led to dozens of trappings and killings by authorities. It's difficult for communities to find solutions that please both sides of the debate, from animal rights activists opposed to simply exterminating the deer to angry residents who support killing the deer in the name of public safety. But the town of Amherst in western New York has decided to evaluate a more creative option: deer farming. This week the board decided to study the possibility of turning their urban deer problem into an agricultural opportunity, much like New Zealand did many years ago. Deer were imported to the country for hunting more than 100 years ago but soon became a problem as their numbers increased. New Zealand now raises a significant amount of deer for meat and supplies 40% of the world's venison. Officials in Amherst will work with the town's Planning and Law departments, as well as the county Health Department and state Department of Environmental Conservation, to address questions and concerns around trapping and relocating deer to farms, where they'll be managed much like cattle and other domestic livestock. Source: The Buffalo News
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  written by Corban, December 04, 2008
The community is cleaned up, and there's food on the table. It's a shame the food has to be meat, because much less ends up on your table, but at least this is a creative solution. Good thinking, Amherst.
 written by alan, December 08, 2008
how creative!
I don't see ANY creativity but the recurrent creation of controlled murder, mass murder humans call farming, come on, that form of solving problems is what has us so far away from being in PEACE with the environment, this web site sometimes surprises me with wonderful articles but things like this, calling creative such a messed up action being that the site is called envirovore (eat your greens??) really, guys what are you talking about? please!!!
 written by Jill, June 27, 2009
Some states/areas already donate culled meat and fresh roadkill (from larger animals) to homeless shelters. This could be a blessing in disguise. Deer eat substantially less grain and are happy with vegetable trimmings, saving farming and using up "waste" from canning facilities.
Meat isn't murder, by the way, unless you're a cannibal. Murder is classified as a person killing another person.
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