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Stop Deer Killing Plan in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Stop Deer Killing Plan in Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

The City of Ann Arbor is planning to use the ineffective and cruel method of blasting 100 deer with gunshot in public parks, less than 450 feet from residents’ homes, to fatally control the deer population. The City chose to approve this biased recommendation from its primary “consultant” which is the Washtenaw Citizens for Ecological Balance (more accurately the “Citizens for Slaughter”) to kill the deer in Ann Arbor.

This organization is a self-anointed group of non-experts who want to kill deer to protect landscaping. The founders of Citizens for Slaughter were originally members of Wild Ones, a group which promoted natural landscapes. Unfortunately, the City chose to ignore the expert advice of Humane Society of United States to use recognized and effective non-lethal methods to control the deer population in Ann Arbor.

Members of the Citizens for Slaughter admit that the City Council’s approved killing of 100 deer in the City’s public parks will have to be within 450 feet of occupied residences to be effective. This will be a clear violation of the statutory right of residents not to have sharpshooters shoot and kill deer within their 450 foot “safety zone.” The City has not publically acknowledged that the statutory “safety zone” rule applies to the City’s planned 2016 winter deer killing plan.

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