Re: OT: Deer adapting to urban sprawl

In a message dated 6/22/01 5:40:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lindsey@mallorn.com writes:

<< But the gist of the article is that us city-dwellers shouldn't
 become too complacent -- deer are moving into urban areas and 
 adapting quickly.  >>

Hello Chris,

Do watch for those deer.  I love deer now that they are required to live 
outside my electric fence.  I'd  like to tell you that when I lived in 
Delmar, NY a busy suburb, I had deer on the front porch.  You cannot fire a 
gun within 500 feet of a residence in NYS so the deer were able to thrive and 
multiply in the park areas plus along a railroad right of way.  There was no 
defense against deer so if you persisted in trying to garden you had to buy 
high chainlink fences and gates.  Solid wood fences are outside codes in many 
NYS towns.  As far as I know the deer are still in Delmar and still walking 
around protected by law.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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