DC park set to curb the deer population
Opponents laments culling and suggest an experimental birth control regime as a humane alternative.
Published On 9 Mar 2012
Snipers could soon be sent to kill hundreds of White-tailed deer that have made a park in the US capital their home.
Rangers in Washington DC’s Rock Creek Park say the animals are over-running the land and destroying it, so they are planning to start curbing the deer population with a combination of sterilization and bullets.
But opponents of the plan say there are more compassionate ways to address the problem.
Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman reports from Washington.
Source: Al Jazeera