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In a scenic Ohio village, authorities have cleared a path to lure the few remaining deer of Silver Lake to their brutal and bloody deaths by bow hunters. Bow hunting is extremely cruel with documented, prolonged deaths due to profuse bleeding. Deer often stagger away to slowly die only after being shot with multiple arrows. There is nothing humane about bow hunting, and should deer populations need regulation, there are better ways to proceed. We can't let this happen!

Silver Lake Village residents were deprived of the opportunity to speak with the mayor and council about their plans to kill local deer due to exaggerated claims of overpopulation and eating flowers. The mayor blithely claims the deer are problematic, yet has no official count of the deer to verify his claim of an “overage and abundance of deer.”

According to local activist Vicky Marimon, deer advocates were only allowed to state their comments at city council meetings for three minutes without the benefit of dialogue. Activists were denied personal meetings with council members and most of their phone messages were ignored. They also requested this issue to be placed on the ballot, which was denied by the mayor. A request to perform an actual count of the deer was also denied, despite recent resident reports of fewer deer. We’re extremely disheartened by the mayor’s blatant discrimination and intimidation of local deer activists, and we understand why local activists are heartbroken that authorities will kill the few neighborhood deer they have come to know and love.

“My family has grown up with the deer in Silver Lake and we consider them the best part of living in Silver Lake Village. We can’t bear the thought of our beautiful deer being killed by bow hunters in our nature reserve,” says Vicky Marimon. Stop the proposed killing, and support Vicky and other animal activists working tirelessly to save the last Silver Lake deer by making a call and signing our letter!

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