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Deer Cull Research Paper

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The Deer Cull: Safety for Humans and Humane for the Deer With an estimated 19,520 deer maimed, dying gruesome, inhumane deaths at the hands of British Columbia drivers every year a solution needs to be found (“The Facts”). With the over population of deer in Victoria, a sight becoming more common, is the carcass of a deer which has been impaled by the bumper of an unfortunate motorist. These deaths are not only cruel and inhumane for the deer but also pose a danger to the motorist’s. The danger which deer pose to cyclists is one that cannot be overlooked. Cyclists do not have the added protection that motorist’s enjoy and are at higher risk of serious injury when a collision occurs. The menace rutting deer expose children and pets to is a …show more content…

According to the Capital Regional District (CRD) the average cost to clean up a single deer hit by a car is one hundred dollars (Skrlac appendix i. 3), this cost adds up quickly when the numbers of deer hit and killed are taken into account. With deer migrating to urban areas due to overpopulation in the wild and the predator vacuum we have created, the call for a humane deer cull must be heeded to help decrease the risk to our motorists, cyclists, pets and children as well as help to save tax payers from footing the cleanup bill after deer collisions. As with any controversial topic such as a deer cull, there will be opposition to this view point. One person in Victoria who is opposed to the deer cull is Nabhraj Spogliarich. Spogliarich states in his initial argument “[a]s a scientist, I have done my own research and actively participated in deer management meetings”. With the research that Spogliarich has performed he gives the readers some numbers to consider. The first of which is that in the 1960’s and 1970’s the deer population was in the hundreds of thousands …show more content…

The risk that deer present to motorist when driving and also the emergency personnel responding to emergency calls is unacceptable. Also the consideration of the potential health hazards, due to the parasites and diseases carried by deer, to our children as well as adults needs to be added to the call for a deer cull. The financial barriers to using and installing deer friendly preventative measures are impractical and with a cost effective way of managing urban deer population numbers, in the form of a cull, there are few other options which will be as effective and with minimal cost. With all of these considerations taken it is hard not to advocate and press for a deer management plan with the focus on reducing urban deer numbers by means of a

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