Have You Spoken for the Cayuga Heights Deer Yet?

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-08-24 05:53:00 UTC
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Last week, I wrote about the dire situation for deer in Cayuga Heights, a village in Ithaca, New York. The trustees will likely vote on their deadly, cruel, and unnecessary plan tonight. And recall that public comment on the deer situation will be banned at this meeting. If you have not yet e-mailed the trustees and mayor via the online petition, please do so today, remembering also to copy the message and e-mail the trustees whose e-mail addresses appear in the summary leading up to the petition. As noted last week, you may also call (607-257-1238), and at this point, that may be a good idea, but remember to be polite. (And if even if you did read the original post on this, I recommend returning to also read one comment on the post in particular, that written by George Nagle, covering in detail why this plan is ill-advised from a deer management standpoint.)

But New York is far from the only place where deer are regularly killed and threatened with cruel "management" plans--nor is California unique in this regard, but nevertheless, stay tuned later today or tomorrow morning for a look at the planned youth hunt that advocates are battling in a county in that state.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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