Re: Deer/people as germs

Hey..I know what Auralie is talking about...six years ago when I lived in the burbs of Kansas City...a deer was hit on one of our neighborhood streets (makes you wonder how fast that car was going in a residential neighborhood that is posted at 20 mph)...but the saddest story to me was the deer that wandered into downtown...became frightened and ran into a multi-floored parking garage. It made it to the top of the building (the roof) and freaked out...not knowing how to get down. It jumped to it's death off the roof onto the city street..during morning rush hour traffic. I cried. But I'm so tender hearted towards animals...

Jesse Rene' Bell
Claremore, OK
Zone 6

From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Deer/people as germs
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:25:02 EST

In a message dated 12/18/2002 8:34:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dfranzma@pacbell.net writes:

>
> My point in this was for those who choose a rural life to then complain
> about
> the wildlife seems kinda funny to me. I realize that the population of the
> deer is exploding but that's because so many of us want to live in rural
> areas AND not want to worry about wolves stalking them. If this seems like
> I'm talking in circles it is because I am and as Linda Ellerby used to say
> "And so it goes!" (Side note: I know so many stories of people who move
> to
> places like Alaska and then complain and shoot the bears, wolves and other
> predators because they are afraid of them as perhaps they should be. I
> hate
> that.)
>

You seem to ignore those who live in urban, not rural, areas that are now
overrun by deer. I'm not very urban, but I lived here 15 years before we saw
a deer. Now there is a herd living in the neighborhood. It is not a matter
of choosing to live in a rural environment and then complaining about the
wildlife - the wildlife has invaded the urban areas. I just try to cope by
planting things they eata less of, which leads to some pretty strange
landscaping sometimes. Auralie

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