Deer Problem

Deer Damage To Yards and Gardens
Deer cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage every year to landscaping and gardens. More than $50 million is spent on deer repellents in the United States each year.

Deer Damage To Agriculture
Deer damage is a serious matter to farmers, with estimates of damage in some areas being more than $100 per acre. An adult deer can consume more than 5 pounds of food a day.

Deer Damage To Forests and Prairies
Grazing by deer can permanently damage forests, affecting the undergrowth and eliminating replacement trees. In some grasslands, deer have caused some plant species to become extinct.

Deer Damage From Attacks
Problems with deer exhibiting territorial aggression are becoming more common as deer become more accustomed to living around people. Deer are dangerous wild animals, and fatalities to people and their pets have resulted from confrontations. Deer can cause serious injury with their antlers and also by striking forward with their front feet.

Deer Damage To Automobiles
Each year hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage and injuries and fatalities are caused by automobile collisions with deer.

Deer Damage From Disease
Deer can carry several diseases of humans and livestock, including tuberculosis, and host the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. Although I. scapularis is called the deer tick, it is more commonly carried by the deer mouse and by many other animals such as cats, dogs, cows, foxes, raccoons, skunks, and rabbits. Reducing the deer population may not reduce the deer tick population.

Deer Damage From Overpopulation
People create vast amounts of perfect deer environment with roads, power lines, agricultural activities, golf courses, and the expansion of suburbs. Also, we have removed their natural predators in many areas, and we provide them with a smorgasbord of menu items. Without some means of deer population control, their numbers will increase very rapidly.

Deer Damage Due To Protected Status
The principal factor causing the large deer population in the United States is that they are a protected species, and a certain population is maintained by governmental game management authorities to satisfy the demand for deer hunting.

• www.wikipedia.org, www.encyclopedia.com
• The Encyclopedia of Deer, Leonard Lee Rue III

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