Hunting News: Deer overpopulation very costly

Drive along busy stretches of road in Fairfield or Westport, day or night, and you may increasingly be confronted with one or more deer, either grazing peacefully on the side of the road or dashing through a busy intersection.It’s a problem: The deer that we have always thought of as woodland creatures no longer confine themselves to the woodlands.Last week, an economic study found that deer overpopulation costs Fairfield County municipalities between $1.9 million and $17 million dollars a year — with costs in some communities as high as $1,520 per household. According to the study, deer overpopulation costs Westport residents $8,934,162 annually, while the total cost to Fairfield residents is $17 million a year. These are financial resources that could be significantly recovered through effective deer management, the report said. The study was conducted by Peter S. Arno and Deborah Viola of New York Medical College and commissioned by the Fairfield County Municipal Deer Management Alliance the Alliance, Connecticut Coalition to End Lyme Disease CCELD and Connecticut Audubon Society.

via Minuteman News Center.

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