Comments on: Meeting Watch: Council Caucus (30 Nov. 2008) http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/01/meeting-watch-council-caucus-30-nov-2008/ it's like being there Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Askins http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/01/meeting-watch-council-caucus-30-nov-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 Dave Askins Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:12:01 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=9069#comment-1794 Ann Arbor hosted a group of visitors from Chapel Hill a few months ago. They've got <a href="http://www.orangepolitics.org/2008/12/what-to-do-with-all-the-deer" rel="nofollow">deer issues</a>, too. Ann Arbor hosted a group of visitors from Chapel Hill a few months ago. They’ve got deer issues, too.

]]> By: Sabra Briere http://annarborchronicle.com/2008/12/01/meeting-watch-council-caucus-30-nov-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-1773 Sabra Briere Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:38:40 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=9069#comment-1773 Dear Dave, We learned today that there had been 15 car-deer accidents so far this year. Although we don't hear as much about these accidents as we do about those caused by unsalted streets, they are an issue. I hate to see the deer die because we haven't thought through our development plans -- and the deer are in our yards because we're destroying their habitats with development. The Humane Society does not deal with this issue, and unfortunately, neither does any other entity. I love living amid the wildlife, but I didn't exactly choose to live in the exurbs. And the deer didn't exactly choose to live with the cars. There has to be a better solution than moving them into someone else's backyard (Tony's solution) or killing them. Birth control was my suggestion, but there hasn't been any serious work done on this . Sabra Dear Dave,

We learned today that there had been 15 car-deer accidents so far this year.
Although we don’t hear as much about these accidents as we do about those caused by unsalted streets, they are an issue. I hate to see the deer die because we haven’t thought through our development plans — and the deer are in our yards because we’re destroying their habitats with development.
The Humane Society does not deal with this issue, and unfortunately, neither does any other entity. I love living amid the wildlife, but I didn’t exactly choose to live in the exurbs. And the deer didn’t exactly choose to live with the cars. There has to be a better solution than moving them into someone else’s backyard (Tony’s solution) or killing them.

Birth control was my suggestion, but there hasn’t been any serious work done on this .

Sabra

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