Monday, April 2, 2012

Deer Damage Management

Recently I have been doing lots of research of damage management for other classes and have noticed that White-tail deer are aesthetically pleasing although in high densities can really harm an environment in residential communities.  Recently I've done some work with Wildlife Services and taken data from their reserve project.  The main question that comes to mind when dealing with this kind of management is that is it right to kill these deer instead of just using chemicals to steralize or make the deer unfertile.  Some people complain that killing the deer is unhumane but they dont take science into mind.  Deer at extremely high densities are more susceptable to many diseases such as cronic waste desease and many other diseases that can also be transferred to humans.  Also the number of car collisions involving deer are higher around these areas.  Last of all they can cause detrimental effects from overgrazing of ornamental trees or shrubs which can cause several thousands of dallors.  Controlling deer populations is a simple and easy management implication if done right and should be done so that deer not become overpopulated and diseaseridden or become a burdon to residential housing.
http://researchmagazine.uga.edu/winter2000/deer.html

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