Critter conflicts

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There are two groups that call themselves PETA. The other one stands for People for Eating Tasty Animals.
It is absolutely true that animals were here first (except, or course, for Norway rats, sparrows, starlings, horses, red foxes and whatever other species Europeans brought to America) and that they deserve respect. We can design and build more intelligently. But in my mind, Homo sapiens is the critter that gets first dibs, and there are too many of certain other animals in certain parts of this country. Deer especially like to live close to humans -- too close for comfort. They like to eat the things we plant, be it corn or Corydalis. They've learned that they rarely get shot when they're around us, e.g., within the city limits of Philadelphia. I live in the boonies, and I see deer a few times a year. A friend who lives near Fairmount Park sees them daily. 
JF in the wilds of Lancaster County.

-----Original Message-----
From: Molly Day <mollyday1@gmail.com>
To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:39 am
Subject: [GWL] Adventures of Tom the PETV

Great essay, Tom.
Martha in rural Muskogee OK where the bunnies, raccoons, etc. drive us to
distraction and multiply like, well, rabbits.

On Dec 4, 2007 4:53 PM, Tom Alexander <tom@growingedge.com> wrote:

> I didn't own a gun until I was over 50. On our rural 4 acre mini-farm
> that we moved onto 12 years ago, we have 85 fruit trees, 110
> blueberry bushes, and much of our summer produce and table flowers;
> we spent $1,200 on a deer fence around the place so we could grow
> things and starve the deer. I was forced to buy a gun after five
> years of battling with the raccoons, trying all kinds of concoctions
> to keep them away...

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