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Deer Damage To Yards and Gardens Deer do hundreds of millions of dollars in damage every year to landscaping and gardens. Over fifty million a year is spent on deer repellents in the US.
Deer Damage To Agriculture Deer damage is a serious matter to farmers in some areas with estimates of damage being over a hundred dollars per acre. Deer eat a lot; the average adult male can consume over 5 lbs. of food a day.
Deer Damage To Forests and Prairies In many areas overgrazing by deer is seriously and permanently damaging woodlands and prairies causing some plant species to become extinct in some areas.
Deer Damage From Attacks Deer problems associated with territorial aggression are becoming more commonplace. Dangerous situations can occur when a buck is in rut, when a doe is defending fawns, or when deer have claimed a territory as their own. They are sometimes aggressive toward people and their pets, sometimes with fatal results. While most deer are afraid of humans some learn that they are bigger than us.
Deer Damage To Automobiles Hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage, as well as injuries and fatalities are caused by collisions with deer each year.
Deer Damage From Disease Other deer problems include the fact that deer themselves can carry several diseases of humans and livestock, as well as hosting the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis. Although I. scapularis is called the deer tick, it is more commonly carried by the deer mouse and by 15 other animals such as cats, dogs, cows, foxes, raccoons, skunks and rabbits.
Deer Damage From Overpopulation People are creating vast amounts of perfect deer environment with roads, power lines, agricultural activities, golf courses and the expansion of the suburbs. Also, we have removed their natural predators in many areas and we provide them with a smorgasbord of menu items and so 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.
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